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Shadowking
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 Posted: 27-Sep-2004 16:00 Post subject: Mech weight comparison |
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Ok, just out of pure boredom, I decided to make this list after seeing a similar one in one of the old Battletechnology magazines. Unlike the old one, I expanded/updated this with the newer engine types. I'm just curious if anyone thinks this as being at all useful. 
http://hometown.aol.com/shadowk392/battletech/mechweightchart.txt
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| Posted: 27-Sep-2004 16:30 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Noted and saved onto my disk drive. Very useful indeed! Thanks.
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Shadowking
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| Posted: 27-Sep-2004 16:42 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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| Well it seems at least 1 person thinks so then. Heh
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cain
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| Posted: 28-Sep-2004 11:01 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Cheers very handy
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 28-Sep-2004 12:47 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Thanks, Shadowking. This will work for me...
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Karagin
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| Posted: 28-Sep-2004 13:07 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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very interesting...and helpful. Nice job.
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Blackhand
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| Posted: 28-Sep-2004 17:41 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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| Can I get a simple layman's explaination of what that chart means?
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StarRaven
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| Posted: 28-Sep-2004 17:48 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Spare tonnage at a given speed.
Each row is a weight, from 10-100 tons. Each column is a speed, from 1/2 to something really fast (don't recall what, 20/something I think.) There are I think six lines in each row; these are different engine types (std, XL, light, XXL, compact, ICE). With no armor, heat sinks, weapons, and with standard internal structure, that number is the spare amount of tonnage on that weight chassis. Some numbers are negative because internal structure tonnage plus engine tonnage is greater than chassis tonnage.
I only glanced at it once, but I think that's pretty good. If not, ask someone else to try.
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Blackhand
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| Posted: 28-Sep-2004 23:33 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Now it makes sense, its fairly useful for designing things.
Good work.
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Shadowking
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| Posted: 30-Sep-2004 10:43 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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| yup. That's pretty much it. Except Light is the 2nd row and XL is the 3d. There is an explanation at the top of the chart, but I guess it's must not be very good then if people still do not understand it.
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Bo
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| Posted: 30-Sep-2004 14:24 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Prehaps it is too much to ask but is there an Excel version of the chart? Is not, I think I could import it an make my own.
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Beebles
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| Posted: 01-Oct-2004 06:55 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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Thank you, thats fantastic! *saved*
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drfunk
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| Posted: 01-Oct-2004 10:46 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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thank you vert useful. saved it on my harddrive.
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Shadowking
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| Posted: 12-Oct-2004 18:46 Post subject: RE: Mech weight comparison |
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| Nope. Sorry. Just the simple text version I did in Notepad.
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