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Rheodonemus
55mW Advanced Wicked Laser
Joined: 01 May 2007
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| hot dayum..... dat is one mean street sweeper... clear tha hood real quick.... heh heh heh.... |
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Hammer
Fusion Laser
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Posts: 282
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Movie(s): 9
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Laser Ben
Wicked Lasers God
Joined: 26 Dec 2006
Posts: 1689
Picture(s): 376
Movie(s): 8
Location: Cupertino, California, USA
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You couldn't use it unless you had your own personal power plant.
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Hammer
Fusion Laser
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Posts: 282
Picture(s): 16
Movie(s): 9
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davhamm
Elite Laser
Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Posts: 146
Location: MI
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| Posted: 5/23/07, 4:02 PM Post subject: |
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| Laser Ben wrote: |
| You couldn't use it unless you had your own personal power plant. |
Just wait a few years and you could carry a small fuel cell on your back to power that bad boy.
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katsyonak
Modified 10mW Greenie
Joined: 09 May 2007
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| Posted: 8/06/07, 9:24 AM Post subject: |
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| Unfortuantely, I don't think this will be operational anytime soon (if ever). You need a small power plant to operate it so it's currently impractical. |
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Cyparagon
Elite Laser
Joined: 10 May 2006
Posts: 165
Location: Wisconsin
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| Posted: 8/06/07, 11:17 PM Post subject: |
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| Power plant? Isn't it a chemical laser? |
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Schrecken Licht
Wicked Lasers Master
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 717
Location: Maryland USA
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| Power plant? Isn't it a chemical laser? |
MTHEL is a "chemical oxygen iodine laser" - the beam is created by a chemical reaction. I'm sure some electricity is needed for other things like cooling perhaps, and beam directing, but not to generate the beam itself. However, the chemicals are very toxic, so the reason that this laser may never get to the battlefield is because of the danger to the soldiers who have to operate it.
The military is currently looking to replace this technology with DPSS lasers - massive kilowatt class versions of the laser pointers we carry in our pockets - but without the KTP crystal to make the light a pretty shade of green! DPSS lasers are, compared to other types of electrically powered lasers, very efficient users of electricity.
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Cobryn
Modified 10mW Greenie
Joined: 15 Aug 2007
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| Posted: 8/15/07, 11:29 PM Post subject: |
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| Power plant? Isn't it a chemical laser? |
MTHEL is a "chemical oxygen iodine laser" - the beam is created by a chemical reaction. I'm sure some electricity is needed for other things like cooling perhaps, and beam directing, but not to generate the beam itself. However, the chemicals are very toxic, so the reason that this laser may never get to the battlefield is because of the danger to the soldiers who have to operate it.
The military is currently looking to replace this technology with DPSS lasers - massive kilowatt class versions of the laser pointers we carry in our pockets - but without the KTP crystal to make the light a pretty shade of green! DPSS lasers are, compared to other types of electrically powered lasers, very efficient users of electricity. |
Then wouldn't the MTHEL be more of a particle beam weapon than a laser weapon? |
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Cobryn
Modified 10mW Greenie
Joined: 15 Aug 2007
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| Posted: 8/15/07, 11:49 PM Post subject: |
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| Also reminds me of that old supposed star wars program... *not the movie of course.* |
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Rasel
Wicked Lasers God
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Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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Location: Oregon, United States
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Cyparagon
Elite Laser
Joined: 10 May 2006
Posts: 165
Location: Wisconsin
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| Posted: 8/16/07, 6:42 PM Post subject: |
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| Cobryn wrote: |
Then wouldn't the MTHEL be more of a particle beam weapon than a laser weapon? |
No. It emits photons. |
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Cobryn
Modified 10mW Greenie
Joined: 15 Aug 2007
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| Posted: 8/16/07, 9:30 PM Post subject: |
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| Then wouldn't the MTHEL be more of a particle beam weapon than a laser weapon? |
Well it is a laser but I wouldn't really term it as a weapon... it is used to target and destroy missles and artillary, so more of a defense system.
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| Also reminds me of that old supposed star wars program... *not the movie of course.* |
Ha that program makes me laugh. Did they ever actualy think they could get it working? |
Honestly not sure about the program working. |
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rafael
25mW Classic Wicked Laser
Joined: 23 Aug 2007
Posts: 29
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| What they should do is have the laser be inputed into a hollogram and make it look like a skull and crossbones. if that is possible to still retain the power, then that woul d be the ultimate laser. |
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Cyparagon
Elite Laser
Joined: 10 May 2006
Posts: 165
Location: Wisconsin
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| Posted: 8/24/07, 6:40 PM Post subject: |
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| What they should do is have the laser be inputed into a hollogram and make it look like a skull and crossbones. if that is possible to still retain the power, then that woul d be the ultimate laser. |
Well, you can't really make it look like anything seeing as it's Infrared. |
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