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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.26 21:28:00 -
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I agree with OP, laser turrets shouldn't have any recoil simply because they shouldn't. I guess common sense isn't a requirement when CCP hires people.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.26 21:34:00 -
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 Originally by: Shiera Kuni
Actually, if you think about it any magnetic delivery system *I.E. Railguns* wouldn't have recoil either. There are no moving parts save for the ammunition.
nb4flame: I've actually been working on several railgun designs in the past couple of months.
CCP please remove unneeded recoil because it looks stupid and it makes you look even stupider.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.26 21:38:00 -
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Edited by: Calathea Sata on 26/05/2011 21:38:28
Originally by: Ghoest
Im fairly certain railguns would have recoil. They impart directed kinetic energy you would get an opposite direction force.
Hahahahahahaha.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.26 21:54:00 -
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Then I guess this topic should be given the same fate as the ones about the appearent viscosity in space.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.26 22:08:00 -
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Originally by: Ghoest
Originally by: Calathea Sata
Edited by: Calathea Sata on 26/05/2011 21:38:28
Originally by: Ghoest
Im fairly certain railguns would have recoil. They impart directed kinetic energy you would get an opposite direction force.
Hahahahahahaha.
Were you laughing at yourself or at me or the OP(whom you had agreed with)?
Sorry, I just laughed.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.27 10:51:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Spitfire
Good question, actually. I'll check with the storyline team and get back to you; meanwhile a quick search (but please do not take it as an "official" answer) suggests that sci-fi laser weapons may indeed have recoil according to the conventional laws of physics.
Accord to that article: Pulsing lasers which fire for very short amount of time (30 nanoseconds) might have a kick similar to a .22.
But the beam lasers in EVE are no where as "pulsey" as that... it's a slowwwwww stream of energy (the laser beams last at least HALF A SECOND) so they shouldn't have any recoil.
TLDR: Beam lasers shouldn't have recoil. Pulse lasers might have.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.27 11:06:00 -
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Originally by: Culerrta McNab
Originally by: Calathea Sata
Accord to that article: Pulsing lasers which fire for very short amount of time (30 nanoseconds) might have a kick similar to a .22.
But the beam lasers in EVE are no where as "pulsey" as that... it's a slowwwwww stream of energy (the laser beams last at least HALF A SECOND) so they shouldn't have any recoil.
TLDR: Beam lasers shouldn't have recoil. Pulse lasers might have.
You're going on the assumption that the lasers in EVE have the stopping power of a .22, which is clearly not the case. Otherwise fleet fights would take aaaaaaaaaaages.
My bad, shouldn't have mentioned the .22.
The calculations were done using the assumption "Laser power = Gun firing a bullet". It should scale up and down just fine.
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.27 11:59:00 -
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Originally by: Ghoest
While it is true that a rapidly pulseing laser could have recoil, it is false that a a laser with energy like given gun will in turn have recoil comparable to that gun.
Depends on the laser firing time. Hence the difference between beam lasers (a slow long-lasting stream of energy) and pulse lasers (a burst in a very small time).
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.05.27 23:12:00 -
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*Reads the thread again*
This is why I love the EVE community.
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