The Gundam’s beam saber based on minovsky particle blah blah blah states that an electromagnetic I-field keeps plasma to make the saber part.

Metal cutting plasma torches are 2kw. So while we’re talking about LOL ANIMU, it’s not that crazy sounding in terms of energy needs.

Dude. its only 150kw. Your tea kettle is 1.8kw. It takes it 10ish minutes to make it boil water.
To vaporize all the water between the plane and me, instantly, would require substantially more than 100 times the power of your tea kettle.

Furthermore, that 150kw rating is the peak power required to generate the laser.…

Interesting.

The Rx-78-2's Beam Sabre is rated at 380kw (.38mw)

If you’re hanging out at LV-426, “nerdiness” is probably the least of your medical worries!

Don’t forget the 5 hole 323 f, a family car with pop-ups. It was a conflicted time in my childhood.

Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer my dashboard not to look like every shopping trip is going to be via LV-426…

Makes total sense when you remember that the late 1970s, early 1980s is the time that gave us films like Alien and Blade runner. That was a dark time.

Bruising your knee.

I see you’re trying to derail the thread.

Don’t worry about F1. I hope she wins Le Mans. With Toyota.

This brought up a weird mix of emotions between “holy shit this is awesome” and genuine anger. Between the heinous levels of angry old man sexism in F1 and the fact that new driver ages are trending ridiculously young now, she’s probably already outside whatever ridiculously narrow window she had to have a real…

People who start that early and with that much passion are the ones who really excel. It’s just part of your being at that point.

It's a rotary. Air and fuel go in, apex seals go out.

Well done, Q. Now show us the rocket launchers!

That’s watt we need!

Nice! I always thought that a pantograph style setup would be the best way to reduce pollution from big rigs so it’s good to see an actual application get off the road.

If the Ferrari then caught fire, we could all ask “can you smell what the rock is cooking?”