nuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 18 hours agoAre rocket propelled chainsaws credible?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down11
arrow-up1304arrow-down1imageAre rocket propelled chainsaws credible?sh.itjust.worksnuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squaredrspodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·18 hours agoYou would need an equal and opposite angular momentum at the back of the chainsaw otherwise it will just rotate upwards and loop around in circles.
minus-squaregimsy@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoYou can balance it adjusting the rocket nozzle
minus-squaresawdustprophet@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours ago an equal and opposite angular momentum Idea: contra rotating chainsaws.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·18 hours agoSo a second chainsaw in the opposite direction?
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoNah, second chain pointing forward rotating the opposite direction, with the teeth facing forward.
minus-squareAJMaxwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoGive this man a promotion!
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agojust enough rotational velocity to counter gravity trying to pull the nose of the missile down though. and also the centripetal momentum of the chain would act like a gyro stabilizer insuring that it remains nominally upright.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoYou’ll need more mass in those teeth. Depleted uranium chain saw teeth.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoIf the chainsaw generates so much inertial that it challenges your trajectory, you’re doing something right.
You would need an equal and opposite angular momentum at the back of the chainsaw otherwise it will just rotate upwards and loop around in circles.
You can balance it adjusting the rocket nozzle
Idea: contra rotating chainsaws.
So a second chainsaw in the opposite direction?
Nah, second chain pointing forward rotating the opposite direction, with the teeth facing forward.
Give this man a promotion!
just enough rotational velocity to counter gravity trying to pull the nose of the missile down though. and also the centripetal momentum of the chain would act like a gyro stabilizer insuring that it remains nominally upright.
You’ll need more mass in those teeth.
Depleted uranium chain saw teeth.
If the chainsaw generates so much inertial that it challenges your trajectory, you’re doing something right.