RE: Walkers

--- Brian Bell <bbell1@insight.rr.com> wrote:
> I think the solution to the +1 size problem is to:
> 1. Limit it to medium range or less.
> 2. It should work both ways. A mech that is tall
> enough to warrent the +1 size should also be viewing
> the top of standard vehicles, not the front of them.
> This is a much larger cross-section. So normal
> vehicles should be +1 size to the walker.

Not really.  Do the verdammt math.

At 2km, even a 20m height advantage is how many
degrees off of horizontal?  .9 degrees?  It's been a
long time since high school trig.

However, a mech 15m tall and 4m wide has 5x the target
area relative to a 4m wide and 3m tall tank.   This
does not change over range.

John

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