On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Minh-Nhat Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Indeed. And given that any mecha we eventually design will be > > multirole designs it seems somewhat silly to limit our analysis to > > combat applications. > > Three-story tall robots are multirole in what way?
Dude, If you live in a city, look around. How many usages can you think of where a three-story tall robot would be useful? Looking out my window, I can think of two organizations that would have use for it, the police department and the fire department. For the police it could be used as a mobile observation post, giving them the ability to see over buildings and observe street level activities without having avoidable posted cameras. And as a recent fire in my city proved, the fire department would kill to have the ability to be able to rip a third story window of a rowhouse off its frame and rescue victims stuck inside because the 100 year old stairwell leading up was the first thing to catch fire and collapse. The reason why three-stories is a key number is because most buildings over three-stories fall under a different part of the fire code and must have multiple working exits and a working fire suppression system. Buildings under three stories can be reached by most ladders, or can be jumped from in extreme emergencies. A three story house is difficult for many firefighters to enter, mainly because a lot of them have awnings or porches. So they are forced to rely on a ladder truck, which in some cases may be halfway across town. -- Linwood Foster, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator 3 of 6, Rec.Games.Mecha Moderation Team 10th Lyran Guards, The Revenants. http://www.geocities.com/the_devillin -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
