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Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:26 am

Longreach Buoyancy Deployment System

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The propulsion system uses a low yield butane-oxygen mix propelling the device to target up to 150m.


Wouldn't want to be hit by one :roll:
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:36 am

All rendered. Is this a concept, or are they planning on building it?
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Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:41 am

Image

Not sure if that's a working prototype though.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wouldn't want to be hit by one
lol that's what I thought when I saw the animation
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Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:46 am

Also, if the projectile is clearly fin stabilised, why the rifled barrel :roll:

Looks like the designer just came up with the concept and then it will be up to the engineers to make it work...

Don't give me how, I'm not the how guy, I pay you to be the how guy, I just get the ideas, you fill in the details *thwack*

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Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:54 am

I re watched the video. Not rifled. It is a reflection that moves with the camera pan in the rendering. There is no twist to it.
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Technician1002 wrote:I re watched the video. Not rifled. It is a reflection that moves with the camera pan in the rendering. There is no twist to it.
0:20, bottom left, it clearly says "rifled barrels"...
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Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:00 pm

LOL, They missed it in the reflections in the rendering.
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