The size of the Tornado I is easily reminiscent of a power armor...or a mecha.
In Wang Qi's memory, the main difference between power armor and mecha was the driver's status.
The driver operates the machine as if it were his own activity, which is called power armor, and this limits the size and form of the machine.
For example, if a person who is 1.8 meters tall is asked to operate a 2.5-meter machine, no matter how the internal design is, his fingertips will probably not be able to reach the wrist of the machine.
The Gale Type 1... should now be called a cliff construction machine. The prototype in front of Wang Qi is about 2.9 meters tall and relatively fat.
This size is rather awkward, not enough to accommodate a seated cockpit, and the joints of a person and the machine cannot fit together.
Wang Qi and Li Xiang took turns to get in and give it a try. Wang Qi was just right, but Li Xiang's arms were a little too long and it was a bit tight.
The operation method is very strange. The palm is on the operating grip inside the robot's upper arm, and the forearm and palm of the machine are controlled through several buttons and several cable structures. Then the whole person sits astride a saddle-shaped chair, with his feet stepping on the waist activity area of the machine.
Why do you want to make a humanoid with limited equipment space? Why don't you make it bigger... I won't ask about these. Anyway, Wang Qi first felt that the appearance was not good.
Caroline said "Ah" and recalled that when she invited Olan and other visiting professors from the institute to the heavy industry to observe the test flight of the Tornado-1, she was criticized for being ugly [Chapter 325].
...Maybe that academician really doesn't care much about looks.
It's not easy to advance the topic. If it were an ordinary person talking about it, they could just say "You can do it, you go ahead", but in front of you is His Majesty.
Wang Qi was not in a hurry to talk to her, and turned back to communicate with Li Xiang who was sitting inside.
At this stage, Wang Qi's magic level is far behind Li Xiang's. Li Xiang has learned a lot of five-ring preparation knowledge and is studying five-ring magic, while Wang Qi is still three-ring. The main reason is that there is not enough time, and magic learning is something that requires a lot of concentration.
Li Xiang has been able to use the four-ring exploration magic [Magic Mapping]. This magic is generally used to calibrate magic sources in battlefields and ruins, but it can also be used to map the magic circuits of magic puppets.
"It's just a mechanical structure puppet. There is no equipment inside." Using magic detection in standby mode, Li Xiang briefly described to him how many magic array functional areas there were.
Due to the complexity of the magic array, Exploring Magic cannot immediately identify what type of spell the magic array uses. It can only make a rough guess.
Caroline was still there, so she wouldn't let her guess blindly. If Li wanted to specify the module location, she would describe the function.
It has two sets of flight modules, located on the chest and crotch.
The arms are respectively a hammering module and a rock climbing module. In order to facilitate operation, the structure is very simple. There is no finger structure. One side is drill-shaped and the other is a rock pick.
The legs are just decorations that only provide extra power when moving.
It's very simple. In Wang Qi's opinion, both the magic layer and the mechanical layer have quite a few flaws.
After getting to know each other for a while, the group moved to the conference room to prepare for the next project and meeting.
Wang Qi and Li Xiang came to the institute this time to see the prototype just by the way, but he was very interested now and wanted to tell Caroline his views on power armor.
In the world of his previous life, technology had developed to auxiliary power exoskeletons. At least in terms of limb assistance, some light machines could already rely on mechanical structures to achieve zero-power walking.
The development route of this type of exoskeleton is to ultimately achieve zero-power infantry maneuvers under twice the load of a single soldier, and consume limited power during a short battle, allowing soldiers to transform into super soldiers.
Although there are still questions about how far an unprotected exoskeleton can allow soldiers to evolve, Wang Qi believes that this is the only way to achieve power armor.
Now that we can use magic to solve the power problem, we should take advantage of the mechanical structure to at least ensure that the magic power can be restored in the static standby state. We can even consider using this part of the magic power to repair some fragile structures... like Breathing in the game is like returning blood.
The prototype is mounted with the rider's feet in the middle of the thighs. Since it does not reach the knee joint, anti-joint legs can be used.
The anti-joint legs are similar to those of birds. They can easily lock their movements without constant exertion. For example, a crane can sleep standing on one foot.
In practical applications, recurved legs generally appear on disabled athletes. The unpowered recurved running exoskeletons available to normal people can allow people to reach speeds close to fifty kilometers per hour. They all use the recurved structure to effectively transfer the gravitational potential energy during forward movement. converted into elastic potential energy.
Powered armor is relatively heavy, and curved elastic steel will definitely not work. However, using a torsion suspension structure can achieve similar effects.
Wang Qi drew a few notes and shook his head: "There is still something wrong with the size, which makes people very uncomfortable."
After that, he drew two more concept drawings of different sizes.
One is the standard powered armor in famous science fiction works. It is slightly larger than a human and can be operated in the same way as an exoskeleton.
The other type is the only mecha that seems feasible, the anti-joint duck-shaped mecha.
Mechas are the romantic fantasy of mechanical fans, perhaps fake mechanical fans who lack understanding of machinery. However, it is impossible for humanoid mechas to become reality because they have too many fatal disadvantages.
First, the structure is too complex, and the cost of the mecha is too high given the same technical level.
Second, the humanoid structure space is unreasonable. The limbs take up half of the volume. If the armor and transmission system are removed, what space is left? It is better to freely mix the internal space of a large square box.
Third, what is really important is battlefield survivability. War machines need to consider the bomb-receiving surface. In addition to lying down, the humanoid is basically an attack target on the whole map. If it is placed in the sky, the radar reflection surface must also be considered. The humanoid...
The duck-shaped mecha has a certain degree of feasibility, because its essence is to replace the tracks of an armored vehicle with two legs. The basic equipment is still dispatched in a wedge-shaped space similar to that of an armored vehicle. It is much better than the humanoid, and has a higher bullet grazing rate. Throw out a big chunk.
The magical world has additional energy sources, as well as magic shields that can improve the disadvantages of appearance. Maybe humanoid mechas are also feasible, but the craftsmen may not be able to make them easily.
The duck-shaped mecha drawn by Wang Qi has no characteristics and is too serious. Even the so-called hands are just two weapon racks and ammunition delivery devices. All the power is in the main body, and the limbs are purely mechanical.
He felt that there was no distinctiveness, and Caroline was different without having played games.
"An armored vehicle that walks on legs? What an awesome idea."
Wang Qi stopped and asked: "What's so great about it? Don't you think it's easy to break in a pit?"
"Ah!?" Caroline thought about it carefully, and it seemed like it was.
The legs of the duck-shaped mecha have a relatively high degree of freedom up and down. It seems that you can easily climb out of a pit. However, pits are different. If something gets stuck near the ankle joint, there should be no force on that leg. It has to withstand the inertial force of the entire body. Even if it has strong enough materials or is enhanced with magic, the movement of the entire body will be destroyed and it will definitely fall to the ground.
Existing military wheeled armored vehicles have slightly poor obstacle-crossing capabilities. At least when the vehicle gets stuck, people will not die suddenly due to a sudden impact on their heads.
So for something that looks very powerful, there are still many problems to be solved in practice, and driving will definitely be more difficult.
