Moses613
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Posts: 274 | How fast do the light cycles go?
on Tuesday, October, 18, 2011 8:02 PM
To me they seem kinda slow for their size, but who knows how motorcycles developed in the Tron world? Maybe they never discovered cafe racers or something, so bigger doesn't necessarily mean faster in that universe. MAybe they needed to be heavy but slow so they could somehow hold up to the games. I don't know, people, help me out here will ya?
But how fast do they go and how could we calculate this? How long would it take them to get across the length of the LC arena? The only way to figure this is to look at some of the extra features and see the rough CGI in there somewhere of the unrendered lightcycles about when CLU smashes that guy's face and locks his throttle on "full". You can see their tires spinning plainly for a second or two. Find or approximate how big around the tires are, count the revolutions and there you go.
Someone out there has to know the dimensions of the arena, right? Right? Bueller?
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Kat
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Posts: 2,394 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Tuesday, October, 18, 2011 9:43 PM
I think when it comes to the lightcycles, you need to ignore physics a bit. Because of course we know that in the real world, a heavier, wider cycle, and that huge front wheel, would be far more difficult to maneuver and there's no way you could outmaneuver anyone on one of those things. That's why you'll find narrower tires on a sportbike or racing bike than on a cruiser; you trade a bit of stability for maneuverability.
I would think light would be better; there's no wind on the Grid to push a lighter cycle around. And doubtful there are any fat programs who might need a bigger cycle.
Just tell yourself "it looks cool" and forget everything else. It's better that way, trust me... (though I admit: in my story on a new Grid, I totally redesigned the lightcycles to be narrower and less clunky, because it did bug me.)
What do you want? I'm busy.
Program, please!
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Posts: 298 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Wednesday, October, 19, 2011 8:42 AM
| Moses613 Wrote:But how fast do they go and how could we calculate this? How long would it take them to get across the length of the LC arena? The only way to figure this is to look at some of the extra features and see the rough CGI in there somewhere of the unrendered lightcycles about when CLU smashes that guy's face and locks his throttle on "full". You can see their tires spinning plainly for a second or two. Find or approximate how big around the tires are, count the revolutions and there you go. |
Another way - find out Garrett Hedlund's height and visually extrapolate the dimensions of a single box on the grid. You can then use that information to approximate the speed of the LC's (boxes per sec) and possibly the size of the grid from wide shots ( number of boxes in two axes).on line abortion pill misoprostol dose abortion medical abortion pill online
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Posts: 573 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Wednesday, October, 19, 2011 9:28 AM
| Moses613 Wrote:To me they seem kinda slow for their size, but who knows how motorcycles developed in the Tron world? Maybe they never discovered cafe racers or something, so bigger doesn't necessarily mean faster in that universe. MAybe they needed to be heavy but slow so they could somehow hold up to the games. I don't know, people, help me out here will ya? |
I think a degree of logic should apply here.
If the cycles were TOO FAST this could put a tremendous strain on the reflexes & reaction time of the Programs using them, thus making them difficult to control at high speed.
I thinking about that scene were Clu knocks out the blue Program & cranks up the throttle causing him to hurtle into the sides of the Gaming Grid. If the cycles were TOO FAST that sort of thing might occur more often.
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Posts: 549 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Wednesday, October, 19, 2011 12:04 PM
As far as I gathered, they were as fast as most motorcycles in the real world (especially since they were fast enough to crash and derez their riders and the bikes).where to buy abortion pill ordering abortion pills to be shipped to house buy abortion pill online
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Posts: 274 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Wednesday, October, 19, 2011 5:17 PM
Kat: yeah, what you said,. I have enough of a life to just accept that this is indeed science fiction. But the eternal question remains: how do the edges of the wheel rims of the LC's disappear or dig into the grid when they do a sharp turn? If the cycle leans the slightest bit, in our world the wheel well would scrape on the ground and almost certainly catch on something and kill the rider.
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Posts: 298 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Thursday, October, 20, 2011 6:10 AM
| Moses613 Wrote:Kat: yeah, what you said,. I have enough of a life to just accept that this is indeed science fiction. But the eternal question remains: how do the edges of the wheel rims of the LC's disappear or dig into the grid when they do a sharp turn? If the cycle leans the slightest bit, in our world the wheel well would scrape on the ground and almost certainly catch on something and kill the rider. |
But of course, the LC grid is perfectly smooth so no worries about catching on something.
Watch 1:40. You'll see the body of Rinzler's LC touching the floor as he skids to a stop and sparks fly. At that point he's at a 15-20 degree bank, probably not so good for handling, but you don't see them making sharp turns anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEndyAOpI8A
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Posts: 549 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Thursday, October, 20, 2011 3:39 PM
Kaisergrendel Wrote:| Moses613 Wrote:Kat: yeah, what you said,. I have enough of a life to just accept that this is indeed science fiction. But the eternal question remains: how do the edges of the wheel rims of the LC's disappear or dig into the grid when they do a sharp turn? If the cycle leans the slightest bit, in our world the wheel well would scrape on the ground and almost certainly catch on something and kill the rider. |
But of course, the LC grid is perfectly smooth so no worries about catching on something.
Watch 1:40. You'll see the body of Rinzler's LC touching the floor as he skids to a stop and sparks fly. At that point he's at a 15-20 degree bank, probably not so good for handling, but you don't see them making sharp turns anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEndyAOpI8A |
I agree with this. It also backs up why CLU's programs "had to turn back" when Sam and Quorra took the Light Car into the bad lands, as Quorra did state, "They're not designed to work off Grid."
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Posts: 2,440 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Thursday, October, 20, 2011 4:10 PM
| CB2001 Wrote:I agree with this. It also backs up why CLU's programs "had to turn back" when Sam and Quorra took the Light Car into the bad lands, as Quorra did state, "They're not designed to work off Grid." |
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Posts: 549 | RE: How fast do the light cycles go?
on Thursday, October, 20, 2011 4:25 PM
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