Talk:Magnetic Accelerator Cannon
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[edit] Heavy editing
I did some extensive editing on the first couple of paragraphs. I did some extensive grammar cleanup, changed some wording and got rid of some unsubstantiated claims. I'll try to do some more work and update the citations as I get the time. Nerdboy423 07:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks.
I would like to thank all that have came and edited this page, and fixed it because of vandalism. I couldn't have done it myself. I assume you all cme from Halo.Bungie.Org, so I thank Louis Wu, and I thank you all once again.
[edit] Mac Cannon rounds speed?
.4 tenths is not 40 percent. It's 4 percent- 40 percent of a tenth. However, i did hear that this was an editing mistake in the novel- anyone care to comment?
Well, the problem exists in that "point four tenths" is a combination of a decimal and fraction. If it means "point four over ten" that would expand to 4/100ths, which is still really fast. I believe it to be a mistake in the combination between "point four" and "four tenths" which are the same thing. (Also, sign your comments with four tildes) DevastatorIIC 19:43, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
The problem is, canocally, .4 tenths DOES actually have a meaning- 4 percent. (though I'm sure we all agree it was unclear, at best.) Do we go with what it really says, or do we go with what the author intended it to say? 70.24.239.249 06:27, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
There's a debate here [1] and here [2]. I think the consensus is that it's a typo (no mathematician would ever say 'point four tenths', they'd say 'four hundredths'). We could put on the page that there's some debate over it. DevastatorIIC 19:37, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
There's also some current debate at Spacebattles. We've come to the conclusion that the twenty SMAC guns firing at Reach would take 2300 tons of fuel per shot (with approximate reactor efficencies), times twenty guns, times reloading every five seconds- that's an insane amount of fuel, plus broadcasting that power through the atmosphere would cause a significant amount to leak back against the planet surface- the only way it would work is if they were operating at .4 tenths- .04 lightspeed, with significantly power requirements. See here. [3] 69.197.204.130 01:58, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Why do you care?
I don't know why you all care, but I care because the idea of a MAC is highly plausible. Think about the possibilities if we can create one. The book states that the speed of a slug fired from a MAC is "point four tenths," meaning .04 of lightspeed. The reason why I think he didn't use 'four hundreths' is because 'point four tenths' sounds more confusing and thus more impressive; I thought so at any rate. Anyways, because the speed is less than .1c, you don't need to use the relativity forumula for energy (which is what I'm assuming someone did). I fixed up the energy requirements for it, but either way it's a pretty big number. As for sourcing info, and I don't regularly edit on Wikipedia so I wouldn't know, the book's listed at the bottom. Is that good enough, or do we need a page number?
[edit] RAS syndrome
Heh, heh, the title of this article is 'MAC Cannon'. The 'C' in MAC ALREADY stands for Cannon!!!!! I propose moving this article to 'Magnetic Accelerator Cannon'. 202.7.176.130 09:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] If saved from deletion
- Add sources (i.e., books)
- Rewrite out of universe
--DevastatorIIC 03:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] References
The article clearly points out the references in the books and Halo 2 (video game). I am going to erase the no reference template at the beginning of the article. Anyone is welcome to put it back up if they feel the article need more citations and references. GWatson • TALK 16:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not understand EMP wave
I'm not sure I understand the line "An EMP (electro magnetic pulse) would short them out, however."
How does EMP affect iron/spent uranium slugs traveling at (I assume) some fraction of c?
- As I read it, the EMP would short out the cannons themselves. This wouldn't affect rounds already in flight but would prevent further firing. Bryan 04:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
