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9/7/2005 7:14:24 PM
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The Feasability of The Mech-A Work in Progress Essay
I am Writeing a Short Essay about the Feasability of the Mech.Right now i have goten the First 2 Parts of it done and i would like to know what the Flood thingks of it and give me some suggjestions and opinions on it.
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The Feasability of the "Mech"
Foreword
This Document is to study and to bring to light any possible usefull Aplications of a "Mech" in reality.This document will bring up several Topics includeing "The Mech in general" "Potential uses and applications of a Mech" and "Limitations and benefits of the Mech Compaired to Wheeled or tracked Vehicle's".Please also note the mech is mainly a Science Fiction device however many time's Science Fiction become's Science Fact.Also keep in mind that the Person Writeing this report is entitled to insert joke's at any time he feels compelled to do so.Now on to the First Chapter.
Chapter 1
The Mech in general.
The Mech,A Word that Conjurs up image's of gigantic robots dukeing it out in futureistic Battlegrounds useing Fantastic weaponry,But for Clarity i will Classify What a Mech is.First to be considerd a "Mech" it must at least A:Use "Legs" as its main form of Transport,And B:Be driven by a Human inside a Cockpit on the Device.The Line Between Mech and Mobile Armor is a Fluid one,For Clarity Power Armor is usualy a Exoskeleton that the User "Wear's" as opposed to the cockpit of a Mech.Power Armor is usualy portrayed as augmenting the user's ability's and enhanceing there survivability in harsh enviroments.
The Mech is often portrayed in Science Fiction as a Walking War Machine and to lesser Degry a Construction and logistical device.For the most part they are right on those Aplications(i will Further Eleborate in later Chapter's).the Portrail of Mech's can be divided into two Catagory's Eastern and Western.
The Eastern Mech is most often Portrayed in Anime or Manga.Eastern Mech's tend to be more humanoid in shape with sleeker designs,opposable thumbs and kung fu grip.The most Popular Eastern mech/s can be seen in the multiple Gundum Series.These mechs often are capable of Dificult Arobatic Manuver's and most often are piloted by prepubecent teenage boys and the occasional Busty Female suppourting charechter with a overly annoyingly skweaky voice.So it is safe to say Eastern Mechs are not Placed in reality but gosh darn dont they look cool.
On the other Side of the Coin are Western Mechs wich tend to be more rugged than Eastern Mechs.A common Theme of Western Mechs is that the Mechs themselves are unweildy Leviathins wich if thrown to the ground would have trouble geting up.Also most Western Mechs have Ditched Arms and opposable Thumbs for Permanantly Fixed Weapons Platforms.It is Safe to say that Western Mechs are more Rooted in Reality than Eastern mech's.A Good example of the Generic Western Mech is the Battletech Series of Boardgame/books/vidiogame's.
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Allright here is the Second Part of my essay [quote]Chapter 2 Practical Design and Implementation of a "Mech". The Practical Design of a working Mech would have to Acomplish 3 Things,First it would Have to Get the mech Upright on its Legs.Second it would have to keep the Body Stable while Walking and manuvering,And Lastly be able to carry either Munitions or Construction equipment on the Body. To Acomplish these thingswe Must Consider several Factor's.First How Do We attach the Body in a way that will allow the Legs to suppourt it.Then We need to figure out a way to keep the Body from falling off the Mech or Colapsing.And third we must figure out a way to mount external objects on the mech without Upseting the Legs suppourting it or throwing the mech offbalance. Now Considering these i sugjest that there be Four Legs other than the Traditional 2,Simply because logicly it is easyer to mount and suppourt a body and still be stable with Four Legs rather than 2.The Movement of the Legs could be Achived throgh Hydraulics and computer assisted controls. The Body of the mech wouldbe more like a metal Slab than most would thing.This design would be easyer to mount onto four legs and still be Stable.now to be of any use it would be around 2 or 3 Storys in hight,Any higher and stability would be sacrificed any lower and the legs would never be able to suppourt the immense weight and still Move. Now for Implementation.Mechs would only be practical in either A:Moveing in Area's where Wheeled or Tracked Vehicle's would have Trouble traversing or are impassible,Or B:Mounting Weapons and Equipment that would be To Large or Unweildy for a Wheeled or Tracked Vehicle to mount.Keeping this in mind i see a few practicaluses for a Mech.First the Peacefull Aplications,A Mech could be used for rescue Operations in area's affected by Flooding,It could Also serve as a mobile Hospital or Refugie Camp during emergency's. Secondly are the Military Aplications,First it would make a Wounderful Mobile Defence Bunker being able to absorb all small arms fire and haveing a Elevated Position make it exelent for feilding a mobile Defensive Platform,It could also serve as a large Artilery Peice in area's where normal Guns cant be taken.It Can also serve as a Mobile Command Area on the Battlefeild.Defence From Aircraft Can Be provided from mountable Anti Aircraft guns.[/quote] [Edited on 9/7/2005]
