Prototype Laser Gatling Gun Unveiled
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My response to a friend linking this video to me went pretty much like this:
I was really hoping when I saw the beginning that it wasn't just 6 pointers spinning around. Honestly, this thing would've been way cooler if it was just one recessed behind the firing barrel position and it would get "strobed" as the other barrels crossed it, making it look like it was firing in pulses with the spinning barrels. This is stupid AND insanely expensive to equip with multiple blue lasers.
I was really hoping when I saw the beginning that it wasn't just 6 pointers spinning around. Honestly, this thing would've been way cooler if it was just one recessed behind the firing barrel position and it would get "strobed" as the other barrels crossed it, making it look like it was firing in pulses with the spinning barrels. This is stupid AND insanely expensive to equip with multiple blue lasers.
Cool, but what's the point of the spinning? 
and I was like "meh" until he popped the balloons. More points cause of that.
and I was like "meh" until he popped the balloons. More points cause of that.
Gives each laser a chance to cool down so it doesn't melt itself.TIMESWORDSMAN said:
I haven't actually gotten to watch the video, so I don't know if it's necessary for it to spin.
Also, I'm sure this thing is a lot more accurate than your standard gatling gun.
Edit: Plus since it doesn't have to fire solid ammunition it's probably a lot lighter.
Gotta say I like the design of the thing...looks like something straight out of Doom! Really, though, I was hoping for some Star Wars *PEW! PEW!* sounds.
Still, though, that's actually the second coolest weapon I've heard about in the past week. The first being a new sniper rifle that allows anyone using it to make a perfect shot up to half a mile away. It calculates for wind speed and direction, distance, and everything else you'd need to calculate for making a sniper shot and actually locks the trigger so you can't fire until you're aiming at the right spot in relation to the target. People who had never even held a gun in their life were making shots that normally only a handful of people in the world could do.
Ummm...yeah...that's actually pretty god damn terrifying when you think of what it could do in the wrong hands... >.>
Still, though, that's actually the second coolest weapon I've heard about in the past week. The first being a new sniper rifle that allows anyone using it to make a perfect shot up to half a mile away. It calculates for wind speed and direction, distance, and everything else you'd need to calculate for making a sniper shot and actually locks the trigger so you can't fire until you're aiming at the right spot in relation to the target. People who had never even held a gun in their life were making shots that normally only a handful of people in the world could do.
Ummm...yeah...that's actually pretty god damn terrifying when you think of what it could do in the wrong hands... >.>
Uhm... that is really terrifying. REALLY terrifying. Could you imagine that in the hands of some would-be assassin? Sometimes, I'm really damn afraid of technology.RJ 17 said:Gotta say I like the design of the thing...looks like something straight out of Doom! Really, though, I was hoping for some Star Wars *PEW! PEW!* sounds.
Still, though, that's actually the second coolest weapon I've heard about in the past week. The first being a new sniper rifle that allows anyone using it to make a perfect shot up to half a mile away. It calculates for wind speed and direction, distance, and everything else you'd need to calculate for making a sniper shot and actually locks the trigger so you can't fire until you're aiming at the right spot in relation to the target. People who had never even held a gun in their life were making shots that normally only a handful of people in the world could do.
Ummm...yeah...that's actually pretty god damn terrifying when you think of what it could do in the wrong hands... >.>
All the lasers seem to be on at the same time, so I don't think they're getting much cooling time, spinning or no. If it was spinning faster and there was some sort of ventilation system, I could see it performing a cooling duty.Souplex said:
If only it was actually as interesting a feat of engineering as it's title would suggest.
Before they actually 'fired it' I thought "OH no!! its powered by Double A batteries. gonna be so dangerous"
Well that was lame. I have to admit that the thing looks cool, but they could have done better. Plus, they didn't even bother to have the barrel spinning when they popped the balloons. >8(
I agree, that would be entertaining.CriticalMiss said:
wouldnt focusing all those lazers on one spot make it much more efficient in terns of actual damage. if this can burn skin, 6 in one spot could potentialy slice your meat no? of coruse that creatse problems with focusing based on distance, but it seems to have a small aiming lazer (green), so could that be used to measure the distance perhaps and autoadjust, sort of like how camera objectives autofocus?
If the lasers were internal, bounced against a mirror to send them into the center of the array where a conical mirror to bounce all of them forward again in a tight group that could have a similar effect without having to worry about focusing them at varying distances.Strazdas said:
With them all on at the same time, it kind of defeats the purpose of rotating barrels. Now you just have a Reb Brown Gatling Gun.
