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    1. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 29 Feb 2020

      Okay, let's say we solve the square cube law and build mecha. Are there any non-arbitrary reasons why tanks aren't better? If not, what are some bullsht reasons I can use for stories that aren't that absurd?

      47 replies 3 retweets 32 likes
    2. Bram De Buyser‏ @chton 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @BootlegGirl

      (Maybe a good additional note here: I don't believe the square/cube law even needs solving. It's only applicable on solid objects, and any mecha you can build is going to be mostly hollow or filled with machinery, not a block of solid steel. Even PR's Jaegers were hollow.)

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @chton @BootlegGirl

      ...No, it applies to any physical object It applies *less* to a hollow object than a solid one but it still applies, it determines how thick the structural part of the machine needs to be to support its weight The whole point here is you can't make it arbitrarily thin

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    4. Bram De Buyser‏ @chton 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

      There is no "less applying". The scaling between a hollow object and a solid one is entirely different. Structural elements will need to grow but not nearly at a square/cube rate. The hull, if you keep the same thickness, would scale at the square, not the cube.

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    5. Bram De Buyser‏ @chton 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @chton @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

      You need strong support beams to handle that too, yes, but those won't increase at a cubed rate either. If hollow structures were anywhere remotely at a cubed scaling, we wouldn't be able to build a building larger than a house. And we're not building mechs out of heavy concrete.

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    6. Orman‏ @LizardOrman 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @chton @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

      Objects that scale in even one dimension still have extra mass that needs to be supported. If you have a girder that you're trying to make longer, then the extra weight of one end will snap/crush the other end even if it's hollow at *some* point

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    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @LizardOrman @chton @BootlegGirl

      Yeah the point is there's a maximum size you can make a skyscraper no matter what you make it out of because every building material will snap and fall over at a certain point, no matter how thin you make the girders

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    8. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @LizardOrman @chton

      There is? I didn't know there was a cap on stationary building size

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Feb 2020
      Replying to @MelanistOnca @BootlegGirl and

      A space elevator could be much taller than a skyscraper thanks to the satellite "skyhook" on the other end "holding it up", but the trick is getting all that in place in the first place

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        2. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 29 Feb 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @MelanistOnca and

          Oh that reminds me, could mecha be made more feasible similarly by having Zeppelins attached with cords to hold them up?

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        3. Orman‏ @LizardOrman 29 Feb 2020
          Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and

          In terms of structural soundness, *maybe* but in terms of mobility?

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        2. Baal Ska Tov‏ @mssilverstein 29 Feb 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and

          Space elevators are weird, because most designs don't really rest on the ground; the center is in orbit and it's held up by centrifugal force. So it's the tensile strength.

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        3. Baal Ska Tov‏ @mssilverstein 29 Feb 2020
          Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect and

          there's a counterweight past geostationary orbit, so the center of mass is at GEO, where it's going at 2 km/s, while the part at or near the ground is stationary. So there's a lot of force there.

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        1. Jim Lawrence‏ @JimLawrence85 29 Feb 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @MelanistOnca and

          And a material that can withstand the stresses

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