| | hack lightsaber Physics Behind The Lightsaber How about just using a plasma cutter with that ThinkGeek green lazer synched to turn on when the plasma cutter does? |
| Nov 22, 2009 |
You need to start with the casing, needs to be made of something we don't have yet. Then you need to consider whats inside of it. If I am not mistaken the key to the whole thing is the crystal. That when cut properly, Crystals of specific material can potentially limit the length and ferocity of the blade. Moving onto my third observation. The power source, as far as I know is a self cycling energy cell. Not expending any charge because the blade rapidly collapses back and forth being pushed and pulled around coiling found near the top of the actual hilt. (due to a small gravitational development caused from the actual coil (No clue how it happens, but this is what I hear))and the only way to lose any kind of charge is to contact the blade with a solid object. So I think the thought of it being made, is not impossible, just very unlikely with our current element's. Perhaps one day when we hit up some other planets for resources we will stumble across what we need to make them. : / -reply by Idea\'s Idea\'s Idea\'s
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Physics Behind The Lightsaber Basically A lightsaber would have to be a made out of plasma, with an intense magnetic field holding it in place, this would repel other such fields, meaning you could have sword fights with them, not sure about the reflecting blaster shots though -reply by dude
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Physics Behind The Lightsaber all we need is somthing that gangenerate very intence waves of lighth along side with a mag feild that can stop arch light
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Physics Behind The Lightsaber If you want to read how the light saber was envisioned, go here http://starwars.Wikia.Com/wiki/Lightsaber Like iGuest said if there was a way to cycle the energy into a loop(like the lightsaber in star wars was envisioned) back into the batteries, then provided you had a battery with enough power to begin with, it could be doable. Also on that page is an article about archaic light sabers, which were attached via power cable to a large battery pack that the wielder would wear. Lightsabers are able to block other lightsabers thanks to the magnetic fields used to contain and direct the swords energy, because the two opposing fields would repel each other. But most other objects don't have any kind of field to repel it, which is why you can cut a person in half with it like a hot knife through butter. The only limit to its cutting power would be the density of the material and the time it took for the blade to reduce it to vapor, which is why it takes some time to cut through a door. The problem with laser weapons would be reflective properties of some materials; fire a laser at the wrong object and it'll shoot back and kill you. Plasma bolts on the other hand would stick to and burn through the target. More effective, and has a wider impact radius then a thin laser. Of course they also have a much more limited range but considering most military fire fights take place within a hundred yards its really not an issue. It would have multiple uses as well; fire several plasma globs right onto the muzzle of a tank and watch it blow itself up as melted steel obstructs the outgoing shell. Would be effective at setting fire to buildings as well in an urban situation to force the enemy into open ground. Demon Knight Raziel After looking at a recent news article where the study of a phenominon called ball lightning has turned into the development of Plasma bolt based weapons which could potentialy shoot plasma bolts of size from 1 to 35 cm in diameter at upwards of 200 m/s and sustain for an (already do-able 1-2 seconds)They were looking at useing magnetic fields to further stabilize them for a longer period of time. Based off that article and the fact that there is a strong possibility that we may see such blasters in a decade or so (2 my guess), The electromagnetic fields used to stabilize the plasma blasts would also be repelled by a lightsaber assuming the lightsaber used a similar field to stabilize its plasma blade. Its all about plasma and which has the stronger magnetic field at the time and which has the most force.In actuality the plasma would never touch if the magnetic field were strong enough and the closer they get to eachother the stronger the repulsion that effects them both. ((==========================)) ((***************************)--------] ((***************************)--------] ((==========================)) Sure the heat would do the cutting but the magnetic field would to the reflecting and so forth. Though I'm not quite sure of the ramifications of useing it against metal weapons... Attracting unknown paper clips from all sides and so forth... On the other hand it may attract bullets and incinerate them in mid air as another level of protection. Metal belts would be a no no. That and glasses... Or... Metal onces...
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Physics Behind The Lightsaber Well after researching necessary components, your typical plasmaic blade could be confined by electromagnetic fields allowing structure to contain itself. If to blades collided the fields would repel each other with possible static electricity back and forth. Its heat is the only thing that keeps the human from wielding such a weapon. If I can somehow withstand a 350 degree atmospheric temperature within proximity of 5 feet and not get burnt, I can wield such a weapon. Another key part of a lightsaber is the activation. Its ionization process is more complicated than electric current into gas. A nuclear reaction must take place to ionize the gas even partially, therefore the chamber in which the ionization took place must be very confined to prevent any damage from exposure. Its a hard process and interesting. I will develop more as I uncover it. -reply by Jordan Weber |
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