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Delkarnu
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I don't know, I always assumed that blaser bolts would have some decent heat to them, putting 166 rnd/sec through a single barrel would probably melt it
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Noven
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| Well Tibanna Gas is quite explosive, so maybe all that gas that is used for the bolts heat the barrels up. |
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vong
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:30 am Post subject: |
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While true, cooling mechanisms are way better as well 
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jmanski
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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After further deliberation with.... myself, I have determined that I have no objections.
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masque
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| Delkarnu wrote: | | I don't know, I always assumed that blaser bolts would have some decent heat to them, putting 166 rnd/sec through a single barrel would probably melt it |
Yeah, but a blaster bolt isn't traveling through a barrel, it's not a bullet. It comes from an emitter at the end of the "barrel". All you need is a hardcore cooling system, as vong mentioned.
At any rate, these are irrelevant concerns due to Star Wars' position as space opera, not hard sci-fi, so these issues don't really matter. The real reason that there is a rotary blaster cannon is because it looks badass.
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vong
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:34 am Post subject: |
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the rule of cool 
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