Well that would be fine as my system is fusion anyways

During my research into possible real world technologies for potential mech design, I came across this: Photon-intermediate direct energy conversion (PIDEC) is somewhat similar to a concept of fluorescent light - as in the CFL, in the nuclear reactor the original type of energy generated is not usef...

Now first off, I am not a trained mechanical engineer, so I wouldn't know this by heart. I'm not one either... though I am an engineer. Well good for you. In principle, the only real difference between a conventional rotary actuator and one working on pulsed power is the one running on pulsed power...

Fair enough, I'd mostly stuck to talking about the fictional types since the OP had initially asked about the reactors used in Gundam 's Universal Century... but I suppose the topic doesn't actually limit it to the fictional ones we see in mecha anime and other sci-fi. True, and I think it's fun to...

Apologies my friends for restarting this thread, but there was a point here that I found very relevant to my research on mecha plausability. Plus, just thinking about it shows how ridiculous the idea is. A mobile suit made in monocoque fashion would simply crumble under the laws of physics, UC or no...

... really? It's a really basic concept in mechanical engineering. It's just a machine that turns something. They come in all different types, driven by electric motors, mechanical transmission of power from other moving parts, pneumatically, hydraulically, using vacuum pressure, etc. As long as it...

This thread is still fairly fresh, so I don't think it does? You're making a quality contribution to the topic anyway, so I'd look the other way regardless. :D Huzzah! :D Most of what I've read about this technology suggested it was best for applications like nuclear batteries, since it allowed for...

Are the scientific principles behind this sound? I mean, it's just a rotary actuator with a really exotic fluid power drive. Are there other sources that give more info? I'd suspect you'd find more in Master Archive Mobile Suit: MS-06 Zaku II . Ok, first off...huh? Can you go into more detail about...

According to the Gundam Century reference book: http://www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/archive/gundamcentury.html Its joints were driven by a fluid pulse system, which used a pulse converter to turn the energy produced by the atomic reactor into pulses of pressure within a fluid. Thousands of fluid pipe...

Apologies if this counts as necroing a thread. But I have been thinking about how to power a mecha with a nuclear reactor and came across this concept: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon-intermediate_direct_energy_conversion Photon-intermediate direct energy conversion (PIDEC) is somewhat simila...