In Monster 1.0.9 RC bedrock ingots don't have a recipe in NEI or in the RC handbook. I think perhaps I did get NEI to show me a crafting grid, but the grid was empty.
That depends on your torque. The friction heater heats up according to total power input, not specifically torque or speed.Ah. The recipe is in the book, mentioned in the Blast Furnace blurb.
Whats not mentioned (and why I couldn't figure it out) was the required blast furnace temp of 1000C.
Which, incidentally, requires a furnace heater at almost 99999rads/s
Hence the minimum torque, yes.hmmm.
I figured that the "torque" was necessary to overcome static friction.
Which makes what, again?...heat would come from the effective torque x speed.
This is something that comes out of the "engines produce torque, not the loads" mechanic. It cannot really be avoided.The whole "torque on an unloaded shaft" problem confuses me... an unloaded shaft can't really be said to have anything other than a potential torque, and if it is dissapating power, why can't we observe some kind of heating in the system? The energy has to go somewhere.