MACU-2 Snow Leopard/MIU-1 Kodiak MK3

[docprice]

nice, looks like a counter rotateing servo motor for the legs.

maybe bulk it up alittle to give the impresion that its a self contained unit external of the main torso.

instead of a suit deploy how about a bubble system like in the mars lander vehical. Where a series of shock absorbant bubbles deploy encaseing the occupant. That way the ejection system can fire back and at a angle instead of back and straight up.

option #2
Demolition Man style safty foam that deploys and hardens in seconds creating a highly shock amd impact absorbant barrier.

Until you get into head mounted cockpits like in Battle Tech/ Mech Warrior i think ejection seats fireing straight up is bad joo joo.

on a side not i am really likeing this project and wish i could do more to help you out.

[Berkut]

thanks, any and all feedback is already most helpful as it gives another perspective. It doesn't fire exactly straight up, more like back and up. Firing straight up would be kinda useless in a land battle since you want to be as far away as possible from where you were forced to eject. I may have not been completely clear before, sorry. Image attached shows the trajectory of the module as it leaves the mech. I'm not sure what you mean about the mars lander, you mean the whole thing would be jet propelled at 45ish degree angle straight out of the mech? The structural design of the unit doesn't allow that.

[kborak]

ok knowing that then jump jets are prolly not all that nessicary then

[Berkut]

I'm still not too sure about jump jets, they are definately a cool toy, but I don't know how far that will bend the realism line, or whether I want that in this universe at all. I guess when I decide on the power source and estimate the weight of the mech I'll decide.

[Meph]

Ow here's an idea for ya. Having that thing hop around like a bunny with jump jest might clash a bit with the otherwise very realistic design philosophy you've got going here. But why not have an airdrop package? Y'know russians used to airdrop light tanks and APC's, they had like three big braking parachutes and some braking rocket engines to avoid them from making a big hole in the ground. You could make something like that? Some rocket module that allows the mech to walk out of a flying cargo aircraft, drop safely to the ground, drop the engines and walk on...

[Berkut]

that will likely be on my to do list, the only concern being I'll need to make a new cargo aircraft cause I doubt even an AN-225 could accomodate this thing.

[Freak]

I like the jump engines, but I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[docprice]

Referance Gasaraki, anime seris. The moble units are almost as tall but they are in a squating posistion and on a load palet that slides into a Airforce C-5 varient. So sit on the ground and bring your knees to your chest with your feet flat on the ground. that will cut your hieght in half. Tha rear cargo doors open the release latch is then activated and the load pallet slides on the rail out the back of the aircraft. Once the tether is broken the tie down clamps release and load pallet falls away from the mecha, then right after that you can have a 3 parachutte system engage and then relase about 20 meters from the ground. Open schute release detachable rockets will fire to slow the rate of decent down on the last 20 meters so a managble impact that will not reduce mission effectivness.

Chew on that for while and see if you like.

[chrono]

Basically like the old Jeep drop scheme.


Glad the design is still moving forward! Only thing I would add would be a chaffe/smoke screen CM and a single tube mortar, because if these things have speed then they can use it for added effect for softening up dug in positions or hitting 'over-the-hill' guided ordnance positions. Also is it gonna have anti-rocket/missile defenses?

[Berkut]

@docprice, I'll consider that, thanks

@chrono, umm, it has smoke grenades and anti-missile active and passive defences...

that's not a bad idea, mortar, could put it onto a back hardpoint too, thanks