Sorry to ressurect an old thread...but I was reading through this.
Faithful Car KRO wrote:KI2T was super advanced for his time, doing things cars still cant do as of today.
Which is why KI3T has to be super=advanced for this day in age.
I agree. I personally love KI3T's tech abilities and would like to see more of them - they're a major strength, but they can also be a weakness (he's been hacked into before) and I think that his tech makes for interesting plot devices. Plus, I'm a sucker for geeky stuff like that, so I eat it all up. Today's generation will do the same.
HisNameIsGarth wrote:
The F-150 just can't be explained. It makes no sense.
If they had selected a short wheelbase F-150, it was within reason.
But a Shelby Mustang morphing into an Quad Cab F-150 -- considering the mass difference is rough 2000 lbs....
There is really no logical explanation.
Yeah, it doesn't seem right, but I always figured that KI3T had a variable chassis under the nanotech. Remember one of the first episodes where KI3T runs over a land mine while he's transforming and gets heavily damaged? I think that in addition to the nanoskin tech, his chassis actually can change length, providing a larger wheelbase. (I think he's got a static chassis, without nanotech - perhaps the nanotech skins it for protection.) I mean, I could be wrong...but it made sense at the time.
WiiBoomer1 wrote:I think that KI3T's nanotechnology is in everything, tires, engine components, seats, etc . In order to change, KI3T must control each nano to begin the transformation. We've seen KI3T short-circuit, smoke pouring from the hood, and he didn't change shape at that time. IF KI3T was arrangeable matter, and there was no power to the nanos, then he might have just melted into a mass black blob. The writers could say that once the transformation is complete, the nanos are locked into form unless a transforming command is activated.
I agree with this. KI3T isn't always in a state of flux. He has a default form, and I believe that when the AI is running, it constantly monitors his "health" - basically, the arrangement of the nanotech. Any anomalies will be corrected in real-time. When he's offline, these checks aren't performed, so no damage control is done.
One way to look at it, when KI3T transforms from the Mustang form into the F150...the diameter of the tires have to change...there's no different tires that come from inside the vehicle to become the truck tires...and then vise versa, does this mean that in Mustang form, does this mean that KI3T has 4 wheel drive?
I always figured he did. Four-wheel drive isn't a rare thing, and in a machine like KI3T, I'm sure it's default. A lot of the issues with 4WD stem from configuration - balancing engine output between the front and rear wheels. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) (Less output to the front yields better steering, if I remember correctly.) However, since KI3T is an AI, I'm sure he controls these functions on the fly - meaning that there'd be no drawback to having the feature. I'm pretty sure that he'd have pretty advanced traction control, and perhaps even active suspension... (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_suspension" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
It's cool because you have a performance car of this quality, which under normal circumstances wouldn't really be feasible....but add in AI and you're pretty much set. So cool. So cool.
If I am destroyed... ...so shall you be. -KARR