But the minigun definitely has the cool factor. My roommate kept pointing out how impractical it was, but man did it have the cool factor.
Can't argue that it's not cool.:speakcool:
It would be useful in a BattleTech scenario.
But the minigun definitely has the cool factor. My roommate kept pointing out how impractical it was, but man did it have the cool factor.
Yeah, BattleTech is all about the cool but impractical.Can't argue that it's not cool.:speakcool:
It would be useful in a BattleTech scenario.
What are you thinking of the metal storm gun.
No reload no moving part, no lubrifiant problems
also. any judicious use of projectiles would alter your own trajectory. the recoil from rapid fire weapons would eventually start flipping your ship around. unless the ship counters this force with RCS bursts, but then you are wasting fuel. though admitedly its not much and a combat ship should have PLENTY of extra again.... anyway im just bringing this up
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Torques induced by fired projectiles can be absorbed by gyroscopic devices and dumped overboard in between volleys.
also. any judicious use of projectiles would alter your own trajectory. the recoil from rapid fire weapons would eventually start flipping your ship around.
How does that solve the problem of the recoil from the launch sending you backwards? If you're doing all of your burning inside the barrel, you'll have just as much delta-v applied to the vessel as with a normal weapon...That's why I advocate self-propelled rounds. The problem in the 50s when the made the Gyrojet weapons were slow-burning propellant which meant low muzzle velocity and machining issues which led to ammo not being made to exact spec. In a modern Gyrojet-like weapon the propellant should burn completely while the round is still in the barrel thus achieving maximum velocity at the muzzle (more or less like in a conventional firearm) and in space, that's the speed it will keep until impact.
How does that solve the problem of the recoil from the launch sending you backwards? If you're doing all of your burning inside the barrel, you'll have just as much delta-v applied to the vessel as with a normal weapon...
Well, I'm no expert, but I think in the process of redirecting the exhaust gasses out, you'd just be applying momentum in a different direction...Let the gas escape through ports. There will still be some momentum applied, but not that radical.
I guess you could have the "barrel" of the gun be open at the back, but then it's more like a rocket launcher than a gun...