How expensive would it be to make the Jump Pack capable of flight instead of simple jumps? We discussed part of this via IRC, about the potential of using replaceable blueradite cells or one of those miniature fusion reactors to supply the very large amounts of energy necessary for it.
Really, it depends on how far and how fast you want to fly.
About the same flight capabilities as a MkIII.
Does it need to be able to maintain continous flight to the same degree or would a few minutes at a time work?
How many minutes for the version that flies "a few minutes at a time"? Something like five or fifteen?
And what would be the price difference between that and continuous flight? I'd like to make the power input flexible for the case people want to add more batteries, generators or alien power sources.
Well, the thing of it is that flying around drains a lot of power. We'd have to have capacitors in there to allow it to store up power first. For continuous flight, you'd need a lot more capacitors and an even more powerful power source. For flights of specific times, we can make due with smaller power sources and more limited capacitors, so long as you're ok with a refractory period between flights. This means the pack will be smaller and cheaper. How much smaller and cheaper depends on the amount of time.
In order to reach continuous flight, we'd need to have a pack able to fly for 50~minute bursts. Anything under that and you'll not be able to fly continuously, but your costs and size will be reduced fairly significantly.
Okay, so if I built the Kinetic Feedback Engine, how long would it run before breaking due to overstress, assuming 0-cost materials other than the KinAmps? How much power output would be lost to ensuring it doesn't explode? How much power output would it be able to sustain with that loss? How noisy is it? Is bigger better?
Less then a second probably, due to residual energy multiplication. You'd honestly be better off with just using a single amp to increase power output rather then trying to create an infinite cycle.
Pre-emptive tinker project for M24, because im bored of waiting to get to heph to gain IC knowledge of coldspikes.
make an angled metal hubcap that anchors onto the MK suits radiator fins or heat distribution coil.
cover the exterior in MK suit fabric.
have it contain a coldspike inside it so that when the hubcap is attached the spike eats all the heat the suit is giving off.
get price.
Well, not too much. Though, doesn't the MCP not use the fins anymore? And anything MKII or above doesn't either. For the price of sticking this on there, they could get a MKII for just a bit more and have medical systems built in.
Yeah, it seems fine.
Coolio. So, how big would the thing be then, and how much would it cost?
Hmm. I'm not sure how the pistol works exactly, but you think a "Cartridge" might work better? Sort of like a bullet except it's a single use heat sink? Get a few for a token.
How many per token are we speaking then?
Because, while that's a good idea, the problem I might see with that is that a blaster pistol gun is basically 'free', you pay for the ammo (1 token blueshard+pistol and 1 token blueshard mag). So, when firing overcharge, you 'loose' the pistol, but since you could get a 'free pistol' with every blueshard mag bought, you don't really loose anything substantial. The only thing you really gain when buying anything that solves the melting is that you don't run the risk of some molten metal encasing your hand, which isn't all that big of a deal anyways.
Eh, probably the size of a large briefcase? Like this:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Large-Rolling-Case-Camera-Gun-Carrying_60233530937.htmlCost? Eh. I'll leave that up to the council. Not a whole lot though. 3-5 token range I think.
I was thinking about 4. Which would let you use the overcharge 4 times instead of 1 for the same price.
It doesn't have to be that tiny as long as it's portable. About the size of a briefcase would be fine. Welder+cutting torch+soldering iron+generator. Still at one token?
Hey tinkerers do you think anything else absolutely needs to be crammed into this welder combo thing?
Hmm. We'll make it not that big, but something thats about 5 inches thick and a foot and 2 inches long. For 2 token.
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