Where do they get the Jaeger strength measurement from in “Pacific Rim”?
In the movie Pacific Rim, Crimson Typhoon is described as having "50 diesel engines per muscle strand" of strength.
Where did they get that from? Is that a complete fantasy measurement that they came up with to describe their strength? Something akin to Warp factor numbers in Star Trek?
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In the movie Pacific Rim, Crimson Typhoon is described as having "50 diesel engines per muscle strand" of strength.
Where did they get that from? Is that a complete fantasy measurement that they came up with to describe their strength? Something akin to Warp factor numbers in Star Trek?
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As a (multiple degree) engineer, you are barking up the wrong tree. Humanoid robots of this size are terrible designs for engines of war. Although a Bolo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29) is still fantastical, it'd do a much better job and be a more realistic design for the job. Pacific Rim is more of a fantasy in a sciency like future setting.
– Jim2B
Mar 2 '15 at 16:51
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I dearly hope it is from the Jaegermonsters from Girl Genius.
– Lexible
Mar 2 '15 at 17:11
Maybe try replacing the Bugatti Veyron motor with an actual diesel engine like the ones used in ships.
– Angrist
Mar 11 '15 at 14:30
I'm with Jim2B. We need Bolo movies, clearly. I can get behind this. I will happily prepurchase tickets to a Bolo movie.
– Broklynite
Mar 14 '15 at 9:43
Diesel engines come in such broad sizes and power ratings as to be meaningless. I would bet money the writer chose that deliberately to sound powerful without pinning themselves down to specifics.
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:43
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In the movie Pacific Rim, Crimson Typhoon is described as having "50 diesel engines per muscle strand" of strength.
Where did they get that from? Is that a complete fantasy measurement that they came up with to describe their strength? Something akin to Warp factor numbers in Star Trek?
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In the movie Pacific Rim, Crimson Typhoon is described as having "50 diesel engines per muscle strand" of strength.
Where did they get that from? Is that a complete fantasy measurement that they came up with to describe their strength? Something akin to Warp factor numbers in Star Trek?
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As a (multiple degree) engineer, you are barking up the wrong tree. Humanoid robots of this size are terrible designs for engines of war. Although a Bolo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29) is still fantastical, it'd do a much better job and be a more realistic design for the job. Pacific Rim is more of a fantasy in a sciency like future setting.
– Jim2B
Mar 2 '15 at 16:51
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I dearly hope it is from the Jaegermonsters from Girl Genius.
– Lexible
Mar 2 '15 at 17:11
Maybe try replacing the Bugatti Veyron motor with an actual diesel engine like the ones used in ships.
– Angrist
Mar 11 '15 at 14:30
I'm with Jim2B. We need Bolo movies, clearly. I can get behind this. I will happily prepurchase tickets to a Bolo movie.
– Broklynite
Mar 14 '15 at 9:43
Diesel engines come in such broad sizes and power ratings as to be meaningless. I would bet money the writer chose that deliberately to sound powerful without pinning themselves down to specifics.
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:43
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As a (multiple degree) engineer, you are barking up the wrong tree. Humanoid robots of this size are terrible designs for engines of war. Although a Bolo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29) is still fantastical, it'd do a much better job and be a more realistic design for the job. Pacific Rim is more of a fantasy in a sciency like future setting.
– Jim2B
Mar 2 '15 at 16:51
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I dearly hope it is from the Jaegermonsters from Girl Genius.
– Lexible
Mar 2 '15 at 17:11
Maybe try replacing the Bugatti Veyron motor with an actual diesel engine like the ones used in ships.
– Angrist
Mar 11 '15 at 14:30
I'm with Jim2B. We need Bolo movies, clearly. I can get behind this. I will happily prepurchase tickets to a Bolo movie.
– Broklynite
Mar 14 '15 at 9:43
Diesel engines come in such broad sizes and power ratings as to be meaningless. I would bet money the writer chose that deliberately to sound powerful without pinning themselves down to specifics.
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:43
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As a (multiple degree) engineer, you are barking up the wrong tree. Humanoid robots of this size are terrible designs for engines of war. Although a Bolo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29) is still fantastical, it'd do a much better job and be a more realistic design for the job. Pacific Rim is more of a fantasy in a sciency like future setting.
– Jim2B
Mar 2 '15 at 16:51
As a (multiple degree) engineer, you are barking up the wrong tree. Humanoid robots of this size are terrible designs for engines of war. Although a Bolo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29) is still fantastical, it'd do a much better job and be a more realistic design for the job. Pacific Rim is more of a fantasy in a sciency like future setting.
– Jim2B
Mar 2 '15 at 16:51
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1
I dearly hope it is from the Jaegermonsters from Girl Genius.
– Lexible
Mar 2 '15 at 17:11
I dearly hope it is from the Jaegermonsters from Girl Genius.
– Lexible
Mar 2 '15 at 17:11
Maybe try replacing the Bugatti Veyron motor with an actual diesel engine like the ones used in ships.
– Angrist
Mar 11 '15 at 14:30
Maybe try replacing the Bugatti Veyron motor with an actual diesel engine like the ones used in ships.
– Angrist
Mar 11 '15 at 14:30
I'm with Jim2B. We need Bolo movies, clearly. I can get behind this. I will happily prepurchase tickets to a Bolo movie.
– Broklynite
Mar 14 '15 at 9:43
I'm with Jim2B. We need Bolo movies, clearly. I can get behind this. I will happily prepurchase tickets to a Bolo movie.
– Broklynite
Mar 14 '15 at 9:43
Diesel engines come in such broad sizes and power ratings as to be meaningless. I would bet money the writer chose that deliberately to sound powerful without pinning themselves down to specifics.
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:43
Diesel engines come in such broad sizes and power ratings as to be meaningless. I would bet money the writer chose that deliberately to sound powerful without pinning themselves down to specifics.
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:43
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I just did a quick Google search about the biggest diesel engine.
Torque: 7,603,850 newton metres (5,608,310 lbf·ft) @ 102 rpm
and 5,600,000 lbf ft * 50 = 280,000,000 lbf ft making it seem possible to me that there might be smaller diesel engines with a torque of 1,631,232 lb ft = 2,211,653 Nm.
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In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:45
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I just did a quick Google search about the biggest diesel engine.
Torque: 7,603,850 newton metres (5,608,310 lbf·ft) @ 102 rpm
and 5,600,000 lbf ft * 50 = 280,000,000 lbf ft making it seem possible to me that there might be smaller diesel engines with a torque of 1,631,232 lb ft = 2,211,653 Nm.
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In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:45
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I just did a quick Google search about the biggest diesel engine.
Torque: 7,603,850 newton metres (5,608,310 lbf·ft) @ 102 rpm
and 5,600,000 lbf ft * 50 = 280,000,000 lbf ft making it seem possible to me that there might be smaller diesel engines with a torque of 1,631,232 lb ft = 2,211,653 Nm.
edited yesterday
Jenayah
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answered Mar 11 '15 at 14:38
AngristAngrist
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In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:45
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I just did a quick Google search about the biggest diesel engine.
Torque: 7,603,850 newton metres (5,608,310 lbf·ft) @ 102 rpm
and 5,600,000 lbf ft * 50 = 280,000,000 lbf ft making it seem possible to me that there might be smaller diesel engines with a torque of 1,631,232 lb ft = 2,211,653 Nm.
edited yesterday
Jenayah
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I just did a quick Google search about the biggest diesel engine.
Torque: 7,603,850 newton metres (5,608,310 lbf·ft) @ 102 rpm
and 5,600,000 lbf ft * 50 = 280,000,000 lbf ft making it seem possible to me that there might be smaller diesel engines with a torque of 1,631,232 lb ft = 2,211,653 Nm.
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In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
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In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:45
In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:45
In contrast, the Chevy Beat has a 1.0L 3 cylinder diesel with just 160 Nm of torque. That gives the writers a comfortable four orders of magnitude wiggle room by describing power in terms of "diesel engines".
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:45
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As a (multiple degree) engineer, you are barking up the wrong tree. Humanoid robots of this size are terrible designs for engines of war. Although a Bolo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29) is still fantastical, it'd do a much better job and be a more realistic design for the job. Pacific Rim is more of a fantasy in a sciency like future setting.
– Jim2B
Mar 2 '15 at 16:51
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I dearly hope it is from the Jaegermonsters from Girl Genius.
– Lexible
Mar 2 '15 at 17:11
Maybe try replacing the Bugatti Veyron motor with an actual diesel engine like the ones used in ships.
– Angrist
Mar 11 '15 at 14:30
I'm with Jim2B. We need Bolo movies, clearly. I can get behind this. I will happily prepurchase tickets to a Bolo movie.
– Broklynite
Mar 14 '15 at 9:43
Diesel engines come in such broad sizes and power ratings as to be meaningless. I would bet money the writer chose that deliberately to sound powerful without pinning themselves down to specifics.
– Schwern
Mar 17 '15 at 1:43