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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: vyper on September 28, 2002, 08:01:23 am

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: vyper on September 28, 2002, 08:01:23 am

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/09/27/1455215.shtml?tid=126

Beams may be closer than we think! ;)

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: an0n on September 28, 2002, 08:19:57 am

100Kw does.......well, dick. You need Gw range lasers to do anything cool.

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: Cannikin on September 28, 2002, 08:28:47 am

100kw laser? Lol, that couldn't melt butter. You need at least multi-megawatt power supplies to melt steel.

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: Ashrak on September 28, 2002, 08:35:54 am

actually send a burst up the enemies thrusters he can kiss his ass goodbye.

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: Liberator on September 28, 2002, 09:26:03 am

*reads article about dissipating heat into fuel tank*

Umm, not that I'm forcasting doom here but...

BOOM!!! :D

I personally think it's a bad idea, I would develop some kind of dissipation vane system and put it back between the tail fins, or along the spine of the aircraft.

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: CP5670 on September 28, 2002, 09:45:47 am

I must agree with the rest of you here in that this does not seem very praqctical in its current state. The problem is that it takes an incredible amount of energy to generate even a mildly powerful laser, so at the moment that system is still somewhat inefficient.

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: Ashrak on September 28, 2002, 10:51:48 am

interesting can it track a missle......

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: vyper on September 28, 2002, 12:59:16 pm

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Originally posted by CP5670
that system is still somewhat inefficient.

So was the petrol engine at one time. :) Now look at the mileage you can get! :D Just give it a couple of years - the tech is here, it just needs to be refined.

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: CP5670 on September 28, 2002, 01:07:34 pm

Still, the kind of energy that needs at the moment can be used to fire off a thousand ICBMs. :D

Of course, I'm just as sure as you are that the system will be perfected over time; they all have. ;)

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: Bobboau on September 28, 2002, 01:53:04 pm

sounds like it'll cause more damage to the fighter fireing it than it's target, in it's current form
but still
FIGHTER BEAMS!!!!!

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: vyper on September 28, 2002, 01:57:03 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Bobboau
sounds like it'll cause more damage to the fighter fireing it than it's target, in it's current form
but still
FIGHTER BEAMS!!!!!

Always with the fighter-beams :lol:

Title: Got Heat-dissipation?
Post by: CP5670 on September 28, 2002, 01:59:20 pm

They better beam-free-all the craft before sending them into combat... :D