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PJG-R875-L Piston Jolt Gun [Obsolete]

Vanilla / No DLC / No scripts

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Check out the new one here

You can still check out the merge version of this one here

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The PJG-R875-L is a large grid piston gun that uses piston jolting to impulse its projectiles at enormous speeds with two rotors attached to the same head to break the speed limit.
This results in projectiles firing at about 875 m/s.

It can be attached to bases, ships and turrets (last two need to have the Center of Mass on a specific zone, see Important for more details) but DO NOT fire more than one at the same time on the same grid or it will explode.
Due to being large grid the shots have a large amount of recoil, this it's cool but also bad, because the more it pushes back, the less speed the projectile will have, but don't worry, the speed will still be hella fast, (about 850 m/s on a 1000 t ship).

To fire it just search for the timer called "PJG Fire", feel free to spam it as much as you want.



I think is possible to build it in survival, just very hard.

To make the double rotor put two rotors next to each other, take off their heads, place a piston with a rotor head facing left or right on a block, extend the piston until you attach it to the farest rotor and then retract the piston while increasing it's Max Impulse Axis until the head is close to the other rotor and then attach the head to the second rotor.

Make sure the double rotor is fixed to a static grid while you are attaching the rotor head, both have the limits properly setup to retain the head in the same direction, share the inertia tensor and lock the rotors just in case.
For the rest do a bit of inverse engineering, this is Space Engineers after all.

You must have Experimental Mode Active and when you fire it make sure to don't move the gun or the projectile (which is armed) may hit the the cannon, it comes with a gyro that prevents you to do this (also stabilizes the gun when you shoot it), but still, be careful.

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ON SHIPS AND TURRETS: Make sure to have the CoM of the main body behind the twelveth block starting from the end of the barrel or behind the conveyor where the gyro is attached to. The gap between those two zones should not have the CoM.

NOTE: On massive enough ships or double rotor turrets with maxed out torque the CoM is irrelevant. (Still, the rotor on the horizontal axis will need something to stay completely still when the gun fires, like a landing gear for example, the rotor lock won't do).



If you're mounting it on a turret, you can delete the gyro and use the lock of the rotors or hinges instead (don't forget to edit the timers if you do this).

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The double rotor, due it defies clang itself, makes the body of the gun and the ship is attached to, rotate slowly, it's not a problem when you are flying the ship or aiming the gun but make sure to leave the gyros on override or connect it to a station when you leave it if you don't want to find your ship upside down when you come back.

Piston Gun Stats
(Without projectile)
• Mass: 241046 kg
  
• Blocks: 567
  
• PCU: 6173
  
• Muzzle velocity: ~875 m/s
  
• Range: ~25 km (at max speed)

Projectile Stats
• Mass: 6445 kg
  
• Blocks: 7 (3 Warheads / 1 Timer / 1 Battery / 1 Sensor)
  
• Countdown: 30 s

Well, that's all I needed to say, so place it on a ship or a turret and enjoy the destruction.


FIXES
- Fixed pistons not doing it's clangy magic on the 1.198.024 Update