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Double railgun. Clever.

Also, is it possible to have an original tag with another copyright tag? The girl silhouette is almost definitely Misaka_Mikoto, but the mech's original, so an argument could be presented . . .
Yeah it is possible to have an original tag mixed in with another copyright tag. Meh...I'll just leave the original tag applied to this post so it's easier for people to understand where the mech came from.
so which one would you be more scared of....

1. a girl flipping a coin that will shoot a giant laser beam out of her fingers...
or
2. a giant mech that is going to unload giant bullets onto you....
That mecha look freakin' awsome! I also love the artists nam, haha!
Well Mikoto is clever... So I wouldn't go against her. If she was fighting the mech I reckon she'd win.
KenchiZaj said:
so which one would you be more scared of....

1. a girl flipping a coin that will shoot a giant laser beam out of her fingers...
or
2. a giant mech that is going to unload giant bullets onto you....
Probably the mecha. It has an armored body.
Although if I had to LIVE with Mikoto, I would probably choose her given how easily she would blow a fuse both figuratively and literally.
I wonder why there are shells coming from the back of it. If it is a railgun, it should be able to propel the projectiles with only electricity, and not need any powder or propellant in shells. Maybe they store energy? Nice idea having the gun strapped to the mecha's shoulder like that though.
Senakysam said:
I wonder why there are shells coming from the back of it. [...]
My only conceiveable explanation right now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_pumped_flux_compression_generator

i.e. Converting chemical energy into magnetic (flux) energy. Whether this is feasible (and practical) for powering a railgun (or coil gun for that matter) is something I'm not sure about. It would allow the apparent rate of fire that gun seems to be achieving. I don't know of many ways to develp a rapid-fire rail-/coilgun due to the amount of instantaneous power needed for each shot.

Senakysam said:
[...] Nice idea having the gun strapped to the mecha's shoulder like that though.
I actually find that implausible and kinda ridiculous, but that's just me.
StahnAileron said:
i.e. Converting chemical energy into magnetic (flux) energy.
I think there is much easier explanation to this. Shells with simple gunpowder accelerates projectile as much as it can, then projectile with velocity 1-2km/s gets onto charged rails, and they accelerate projectile to the highest speed (5-20 km/s). The problem is, if projectile was accelerated to that high speed only by elecric rails, it would take enough time to burn a whole projectile to plasma, which also can be accelerated by rails (and gun actually will be plasmagun, but that plasma is not stable and quickly desintegrates). And gunpowder simply allows to save lot of electrical energy.

I heard that USN are now developing and testing those kinds of guns, and are planning to install them to future atomic battleships.
akastalker said:
I heard that USN are now developing and testing those kinds of guns, and are planning to install them to future atomic battleships.
Sounds a little strange. We got rid of all our battleships a while ago when aircraft proved to be so effective. I don't know why we would go back to that, even with rail guns/coil guns. Maybe on other ships?
akastalker said:
I think there is much easier explanation to this. Shells with simple gunpowder accelerates projectile as much as it can, then projectile with velocity 1-2km/s gets onto charged rails, and they accelerate projectile to the highest speed (5-20 km/s).
That's actually a waste of the gunpowder. Coil/Railguns can accelerate an object MUCH faster (60k G's; I don't know of ANY gunpowder weapon that can accelerate that hard) and a bit more efficiently than gunpowder. The staged firing there wouldn't make much sense.

Also...

Off-topic

In any case, anime/manga artists are some of THE worst when it comes to technical accuracy. You'd have to find an artists that also a military otaku or is OCD about (semi-)accurate portrayal of mechanics/engineering to get something that makes physical sense when it comes to mechanical designs.
StahnAileron said:
That's actually a waste of the gunpowder. Coil/Railguns can accelerate an object MUCH faster (60k G's; I don't know of ANY gunpowder weapon that can accelerate that hard) and a bit more efficiently than gunpowder...
some flame...
spoiler
Let's move the tech talk to the forum now.
I can't afford to set a bad example ^_^; We'll use forum #841 for now.
what would you like to bring to school or class or whatever you go
the girl or the ultra mega badass hyper cool robot?
my heart says the girl but my brain says the robot...
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