A real life moveing gundam would be sweet.
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I seriously think this would be cool to see.
The Japanese Science Portal has specced out and priced a giant mecha robot, the Gundam. It takes a certain mind to apply a mundane spreadsheet to something as out-and-out awesome as an 18 meter tall robot, but amongst the numbers are some great dream components.
The brain, for instance, would be IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer (Â¥171 million or $1.6 million); 30 400KW motors would supply the movement (total cost $7.8 million), and the seven Apache helicopter engines needed to power them would be another $52 million each.
Estimated cost of Gundam parts:
ITEM UNIT COST QTY COST
Aluminum alloy (honeycomb) $1,800 43,875 $79,000,000
(+ Metal manufacturing/processing) $240,000,000
Main computer (IBM) $1,550,000 1 $1,550,000
Gas turbine engines (GE) $52,000,000 7 $364,000,000
Superconductive motors (IHI) $260,000 30 $7,800,000
Motor drivers $260,000 30 $7,800,000
Reducers $760,000 30 $22,800,000
Sensors $910,000
Cockpit $450,000
TOTAL: $724,310,000
The Japanese Science Portal has specced out and priced a giant mecha robot, the Gundam. It takes a certain mind to apply a mundane spreadsheet to something as out-and-out awesome as an 18 meter tall robot, but amongst the numbers are some great dream components.
The brain, for instance, would be IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer (Â¥171 million or $1.6 million); 30 400KW motors would supply the movement (total cost $7.8 million), and the seven Apache helicopter engines needed to power them would be another $52 million each.
Estimated cost of Gundam parts:
ITEM UNIT COST QTY COST
Aluminum alloy (honeycomb) $1,800 43,875 $79,000,000
(+ Metal manufacturing/processing) $240,000,000
Main computer (IBM) $1,550,000 1 $1,550,000
Gas turbine engines (GE) $52,000,000 7 $364,000,000
Superconductive motors (IHI) $260,000 30 $7,800,000
Motor drivers $260,000 30 $7,800,000
Reducers $760,000 30 $22,800,000
Sensors $910,000
Cockpit $450,000
TOTAL: $724,310,000
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As cool it is to have a moving 1/1 Gundam, you will not see this anytime soon or at all. Even if they would even consider to make one, where would it walk? Look how small and confined Japan is. Where in hell are they going to have an area big enough for this thing to go up and about. Also, if they were going to make this to have it move, they would basically have to have it so that you can ride in it and it's undoubtedly that admission rides will be ridiculously expensive therefore no one in their right might would pay for it or even afford it. Plus one of the reasons why they even bothered to make a 1/1 statue of the RX-78-2 is because they know that they will make money because it becomes a tourist attraction, it becomes a marketable advertisement for selling Gundam models because any modeler would know, Bandai has been producing a bunch in different incarnations of the 30th Anniversary RX-78-2 Gundam into a HG, RG, and the Mega Sized 1/48 scale kits.
Also as for your break down for parts cost, lets not assume that's all they need because I highly doubt that this list is all you need or even if theycost is even accurate.
Also as for your break down for parts cost, lets not assume that's all they need because I highly doubt that this list is all you need or even if theycost is even accurate.
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you're more likely to see poorly shaped bipedal tanks sooner than a mobile gundam. Even then, its practicality would be limited in terms of cost of construction and its usefulness in actual combat.
Aside from military use, I can't see a point to make a moving 1:1 gundam an atraction, considering the cost and how dangerous it'd be. You also forget to factor in the cost of labor to construct it, as you can't just take everything to a giant blender and assume it'll work.
Aside from military use, I can't see a point to make a moving 1:1 gundam an atraction, considering the cost and how dangerous it'd be. You also forget to factor in the cost of labor to construct it, as you can't just take everything to a giant blender and assume it'll work.
