My favorite moments of Mobile Suit Gundam realism
I've watched quite a few Gundam shows and read some of the manga as well. While I enjoy the robots going at it in combat and the drama of the people involved, I'm a bit of a nerd and enjoy it when real-world principles are applied to making certain things in Gundam work. Below is a list of my favorite instances of tech realism. 1. Mobile Suit Gundam - Magnet Coating The original Mobile Suit Gundam's titular machine ran into a problem towards the latter end of the show. While it had taken a while to master, its pilot, Amuro Rei, had gotten to the point where he was outpacing the machine. To put it simply, the Gundam could only move so fast without damaging its joints, but Amuro's brain was faster, and he thus could not push the Gundam to its limits without wrecking the internal. The solution was to apply "magnet coating". Real-world arms and legs are connected to joints, and the flexibility of those joints determines how well the limb can move. Magnet coating...