real_squidsok so the giant battery is in the tank, guess how big a cable would have to be? You’re not putting that on a quad
colethe tank has a giant gas turbine why do you need a battery
KairuByteThe battery isn’t the issue they were talking about. They meant “so instead of batteries on the quad you’re powering it from the tank.”
The battery is there so you can actually use the 5kW laser at peak power. Even if you somehow make a tank with a 5kW turbine you don’t want to divert all power away from it to a drone that may or may not fry optic fibre cables around you, even if it’s only firing for a few seconds at a time
thanksforallthefishThe gas turbine in an Abrams produces 1100 kW
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avco-Lycoming_AGT1500
If you mean a dedicated turbine producing 5kW of electricity then it already has an accessory gearbox drawing up to 75kW out of the 1100 for peripherals. I doubt they’re currently generating (pun intended) huge amounts of electricity, but the drive is there for exactly this sort of purpose.
A 5kW alternator seems to be about $700 on ebay
If a reasonably skilled engineer cant fit that there’s something wrong
My bab, i misread the units
Find me a tank with a 5kW turbine