Published Jun 15th, 2021, 6/15/21 4:39 pm
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Basic Info
The A-LST (Advanced Lightcruiser Standard Turret) is a TNT Cannon with an adjustable arc functional in Vanilla Minecraft designed as a kind of Mk2 to the Light Cruiser gun by BaccaYarro. The turret fires two TNT making it a lighter cannon. However, it's still able to pack a punch against most lightly armored targets at a significantly longer distance than previous models. Given that it uses significantly less TNT than heavier scattershot guns while possessing comparable range to even the strongest ones, it's a competitive and economical choice of weapon. The shell of the turret and gun barrels are for both aesthetic purposes in order to cover up unsightly exposed Redstone and for protection if the turret is shot at by another TNT cannon.
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Nerd Stuff
The central timing mechanism for the gun is a pulse extender. How it works is that when the turret is powered by the Redstone torch tower underneath it, the propellant is dispensed. When the power turns off, a fading edge detector sends a signal to the projectile circuit to dispense the TNT projectiles.
What the central timing mechanism/pulse extender does is determine the time that projectiles are dispensed. Dispensers usually dispense TNT a fraction of a block higher than where it's placed before it falls back down. This cannon uses the pulse extender and fading edge detector in order to time it so that projectiles are dispensed and fall a certain amount of time before the propellant explodes.
The sooner the projectiles are dispensed, the lower the arcs as it has a lot more time to fall down. The later the projectiles are dispensed, the higher the arcs as it doesn't have enough time to fall. Because the projectiles are unobstructed by any block such as slabs as they sit in the air, they have a higher propellant efficiency than more common TNT cannon designs.
Common TNT cannons that use a fence gate, wall, or fence to mount their projectiles usually have higher arcs if they let the propellant flow close to the projectiles. This is unideal when dealing with larger amounts of propellant as the high angle arc of the gun makes it both difficult to aim and much more likely to airburst instead of reaching the ground to hit the target. Dispensing the TNT into the air block above a fence, fence gate, or wall adjusted by a pulse extender and fading edge detector allows for the propellant to flow very close to the projectiles and allows for a flatter arc (not one that slides across the ground) while also benefitting from having no obstructions to the blast force of the propellant creating a cannon that is both easier to aim and longer-ranged than most cannons with the same amount of propellant/
The central timing mechanism/pulse extender is outside of the gun and can be wired to multiple turrets in order to adjust the trajectory and fire multiple turrets at the same time with the same trajectory.
Movecraft Compatibility
The turret is compatible with the Movecraft plugin and can be mounted on airships or as a stand-alone rotating turret if you wish to use it for base defense. This gun is primarily designed for more moderately sized combat vessels like cruisers and light cruisers. The subcraft rotate sign in the gun allows you to rotate the turret when right-clicking it or left-clicking it if Movecraft is installed.
The color pallet of the design and functional basis was based on that of Silver Empire weapons made by BaccaYarro. Design inspirations linked here:
https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/future-proof-tnt-cannon-turret---works-in-18-and-17---see-video-for-details/
https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/working-air-warship-with-tnt-cannon-turrets---silver-empire-light-cruiser---works-in-17-and-18/
Stats
No plugins are required for the cannon to function as it is a purely Redstone device. However, the cannon can be used on Movecraft warships with their turret feature to allow it to face in different directions. Some servers that run Movecraft are ToTheEnd, Airship Pirates, and Strangelands.
Terms of Use
You may use or modify this gun on your server, builds, and/or ships but be sure to credit me and link the gun if possible. Thank you!
Discord Server and SMP Join Info (Bedrock and Java cross-play!):
Click Here To Join The Discord Server
Basic Info
The A-LST (Advanced Lightcruiser Standard Turret) is a TNT Cannon with an adjustable arc functional in Vanilla Minecraft designed as a kind of Mk2 to the Light Cruiser gun by BaccaYarro. The turret fires two TNT making it a lighter cannon. However, it's still able to pack a punch against most lightly armored targets at a significantly longer distance than previous models. Given that it uses significantly less TNT than heavier scattershot guns while possessing comparable range to even the strongest ones, it's a competitive and economical choice of weapon. The shell of the turret and gun barrels are for both aesthetic purposes in order to cover up unsightly exposed Redstone and for protection if the turret is shot at by another TNT cannon.
Please Leave A Diamond If You Enjoyed And Give Feedback In The Comments!
Nerd Stuff
The central timing mechanism for the gun is a pulse extender. How it works is that when the turret is powered by the Redstone torch tower underneath it, the propellant is dispensed. When the power turns off, a fading edge detector sends a signal to the projectile circuit to dispense the TNT projectiles.
What the central timing mechanism/pulse extender does is determine the time that projectiles are dispensed. Dispensers usually dispense TNT a fraction of a block higher than where it's placed before it falls back down. This cannon uses the pulse extender and fading edge detector in order to time it so that projectiles are dispensed and fall a certain amount of time before the propellant explodes.
The sooner the projectiles are dispensed, the lower the arcs as it has a lot more time to fall down. The later the projectiles are dispensed, the higher the arcs as it doesn't have enough time to fall. Because the projectiles are unobstructed by any block such as slabs as they sit in the air, they have a higher propellant efficiency than more common TNT cannon designs.
Common TNT cannons that use a fence gate, wall, or fence to mount their projectiles usually have higher arcs if they let the propellant flow close to the projectiles. This is unideal when dealing with larger amounts of propellant as the high angle arc of the gun makes it both difficult to aim and much more likely to airburst instead of reaching the ground to hit the target. Dispensing the TNT into the air block above a fence, fence gate, or wall adjusted by a pulse extender and fading edge detector allows for the propellant to flow very close to the projectiles and allows for a flatter arc (not one that slides across the ground) while also benefitting from having no obstructions to the blast force of the propellant creating a cannon that is both easier to aim and longer-ranged than most cannons with the same amount of propellant/
The central timing mechanism/pulse extender is outside of the gun and can be wired to multiple turrets in order to adjust the trajectory and fire multiple turrets at the same time with the same trajectory.
Movecraft Compatibility
The turret is compatible with the Movecraft plugin and can be mounted on airships or as a stand-alone rotating turret if you wish to use it for base defense. This gun is primarily designed for more moderately sized combat vessels like cruisers and light cruisers. The subcraft rotate sign in the gun allows you to rotate the turret when right-clicking it or left-clicking it if Movecraft is installed.
The color pallet of the design and functional basis was based on that of Silver Empire weapons made by BaccaYarro. Design inspirations linked here:
https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/future-proof-tnt-cannon-turret---works-in-18-and-17---see-video-for-details/
https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/working-air-warship-with-tnt-cannon-turrets---silver-empire-light-cruiser---works-in-17-and-18/
Stats
- Max Range: 220-230m (220-230 Blocks)
- Projectile: 2x TNT per turret
- Propellant: 7x TNT per turret
No plugins are required for the cannon to function as it is a purely Redstone device. However, the cannon can be used on Movecraft warships with their turret feature to allow it to face in different directions. Some servers that run Movecraft are ToTheEnd, Airship Pirates, and Strangelands.
Terms of Use
You may use or modify this gun on your server, builds, and/or ships but be sure to credit me and link the gun if possible. Thank you!
Discord Server and SMP Join Info (Bedrock and Java cross-play!):
Click Here To Join The Discord Server
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