Military Lazers

[john]

Is the Enertia battery capable of powering a military grade lazer ?

[Brammofan]

Only when equipped with the Illudium PU-36 Space Modulator option from the Brammo Accessory store. 

[Richard230]

Hey, Brammo can't sell those, Martin the Martian has the patent on the Space Modulator!   

[john]

LOL 

Yeh....

But... seems to me that a lightweight, agile, fast trials bike would be of interest to the military (more so special ops)... especially if it were silent 
and...Lazer weaponry is also stealthy but not very portable due to the size of the batteries 

[Brammofan]

I wonder how much a 10-second burst would affect your range. 

[john]

Who cares about range in that scenario 

Get in there fast and silent, silently lazer all the guards and the compound is yours for the taking... Get a lift back out in a hummer.

So.... Brammo have not explored the military market ?

erm.... life it too short to keep idea's to yourself... So... Could the battery easily run a portable defibrillator unit ? Ventilator's, electric sleeping bag ?

SO many useful items for emergency/first response but they ALL need power and usually have their own battery packs or other forms of power. Apart from the Battery Packs each unit would be REALLY small.
So ....... ? ..... If you already have a big battery that your driving to the scene a good selection of helpful emergency stuff can be plugged into it and as it would be a lot smaller without dedicated battery packs could be neatly popped into a pannier. Maybe even a weapons grade lazer for cutting people out of a car accident.

[Richard230]

It seems that Vespa has already explored the military market. Check this out:

http://www.visordown.com/snippets/the-ultimate-commuter-weapon/17905.html

[Brammofan]

That is one badass Vespa.
But no frikkin' lasers.

[john]

It would be very slow going forward .... But think how fast it would be going backwards !  LOL

[protomech]

I don't see why not.

The Enertia Plus pack is 6 kwh, and can probably provide pulses of 30-60kw for short periods of time. The same pack is used in the Empulse 6.0, which has a 40kw peak motor.

The recent Navy test laser was 15 kw, which was sufficient to disable a small boat.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/video-navy-laser-sets-ship-on-fire/

Higher power lasers would require a larger pack or some type of accumulator for short bursts. Eg a 1MW laser that is fired for 100ms could have a huge capacitor attached, which could be charged in 3-4s from the Enertia pack at 30kw.