Turtles to Stripmine a Chunk Wide Strip: Feasible?

[WatcherInTheShadows]

I was thinking of setting up a walking wall of turtles to strip mine everything in a chunk wide swath of a mystcraft age.
And deposit all of it in a enderchest.
Think this is feasible?
Or is it a lagfest in waiting?

 

[Guswut]

Think this is feasible?

Easily so, yes. You'll want to code it to use an ender chest to output stuff so it won't have to return anywhere to deal with output. It's also likely cheaper to make a line of turtles every three blocks, and have those turtles check the block above and below against a stone and dirt block to make sure they don't match (thus it is something worth harvesting).

Or is it a lagfest in waiting?

It shouldn't be THAT laggy. But it sure as heck isn't going to be new-spawn-lag-free, that's for sure.

 

[WatcherInTheShadows]

Awesome.
Thank you for the input.

Even better I could place the turtles in a line with each with a two block space.
I think.

 

[Guswut]

Awesome.
Thank you for the input.

Even better I could place the turtles in a line with each with a two block space.
I think.

If you mean like this:

[block]
Turtle
[block]
[block]
Turtle
[block]
[block]
Turtle
[block]

Then yes, that is what I mean. The turtle can check in front of itself, above, and below without moving (thus it takes around 1/50th the time versus needing to rotate or move). This means you mine 1/3th of the stone by only mining a single layer's worth. You'd just need to code it with the blocks to avoid (stone, dirt, etc).

 

[WatcherInTheShadows]

Oh I was thinking of the spacing of the turtles horizontal to each other.

Rather then a solid horizontal line of turtles.
Have them check left/right too.

 

[Guswut]

Oh I was thinking of the spacing of the turtles horizontal to each other.

Rather then a solid horizontal line of turtles.
Have them check left/right too.

Checking left and right would mean that they'd have to turn left, check, and then turn right twice, check, and then back left (pointing forward) again as turtles cannot detect left or detect right. They can detect up, down, and forward.

 

[WatcherInTheShadows]

Not a good idea.
Gotcha.