Radio Control Unit

Radio Control Unit
Enhances and directs radio signals.
Unlocked by	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Class name	Desc_ModularFrameLightweight_C
Item
Stack size	50
Sink points	19,600

The Radio Control Unit is a late-game component used for a variety of late-game recipes.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Radio Control Unit	32 × Aluminum Casing40 / min 1 × Crystal Oscillator1.25 / min 1 × Computer1.25 / min	Manufacturer 48 sec Craft Bench  × 24	2 × Radio Control Unit2.5 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Radio Connection Unit Alternate	4 × Heat Sink15 / min 2 × High-Speed Connector7.5 / min 12 × Quartz Crystal45 / min	Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Radio Control Unit3.75 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production OR MAM Caterium Research - AI Limiter
Radio Control System Alternate	1 × Crystal Oscillator1.5 / min 10 × Circuit Board15 / min 60 × Aluminum Casing90 / min 30 × Rubber45 / min	Manufacturer 40 sec	3 × Radio Control Unit4.5 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Radio Control Unit / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Bauxite /min (WP)	Crude Oil m3/min (WP)	Copper Ore /min (WP)	Caterium Ore /min (WP)	Raw Quartz /min (WP)	Iron /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default	1280 (1308.8)	403.78 (345.11)	706 (244.63)	390 (353.26)	385.71 (367.35)	-	2619.14	9673.20	58438	302.15
System	1600 (1636)	484.13 (413.78)	569.52 (197.34)	209.52 (189.79)	257.14 (244.90)	-	2681.80	8079.69	47695	269.44
Connection	960 (981.6)	382.48 (326.9)	1397.71 (484.31)	1205.7 (1092.1)	925.71 (881.63)	717.95 (102.01)	3868.58	14739.03	98079	595.44

• Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
• Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
• Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
• Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. See also:
  • Aluminum Casing#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Crystal Oscillator#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Computer#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Circuit Board#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Rubber#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Heat Sink#Alternate recipes analysis
  • High-Speed Connector#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Quartz Crystal#Alternate recipes analysis

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Pressure Conversion Cube	1 × Fused Modular Frame1 / min 2 × Radio Control Unit2 / min	Assembler 60 sec Craft Bench  × 60	1 × Pressure Conversion Cube1 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Turbo Motor	4 × Cooling System7.5 / min 2 × Radio Control Unit3.75 / min 4 × Motor7.5 / min 24 × Rubber45 / min	Manufacturer 32 sec Craft Bench  × 32	1 × Turbo Motor1.875 / min	Tier 8 - Leading-edge Production
OC Supercomputer Alternate	3 × Radio Control Unit9 / min 3 × Cooling System9 / min	Assembler 20 sec	1 × Supercomputer3 / min	Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering OR Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Turbo Electric Motor Alternate	7 × Motor6.5625 / min 9 × Radio Control Unit8.4375 / min 5 × Electromagnetic Control Rod4.6875 / min 7 × Rotor6.5625 / min	Manufacturer 64 sec	3 × Turbo Motor2.8125 / min	Tier 8 - Leading-edge Production OR Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
Blender	20 × Motor 10 × Heavy Modular Frame 50 × Aluminum Casing 5 × Radio Control Unit	Build Gun	1 × Blender	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Drone	4 × Motor 10 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 1 × Radio Control Unit 2 × AI Limiter 1 × Portable Miner	Build Gun	1 × Drone	Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
Drone Port	20 × Heavy Modular Frame 20 × High-Speed Connector 50 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 50 × Aluminum Casing 10 × Radio Control Unit	Build Gun	1 × Drone Port	Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
Particle Accelerator	25 × Radio Control Unit 100 × Electromagnetic Control Rod 10 × Supercomputer 50 × Cooling System 20 × Fused Modular Frame 10 × Turbo Motor	Build Gun	1 × Particle Accelerator	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment

AWESOME Sink

 Radio Control Unit can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 19 600 points.

Trivia

• Before Patch Closed Alpha 4, the Radio Control Unit was one of the multiple components used to build The HUB.

Gallery

• 

  The old icon for radio control units.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.8:
  • Default recipe: Changed Aluminum Casing cost from 24 to 32
  • Alternate: Radio Control System: Changed Aluminum Casing cost from 45 to 60
• Patch 0.4.0.3: Removed from the MAM research tree as it is no longer relevant there
• Patch 0.4.0.0: Changed recipe and alternate recipe, introduced another alternate recipe
• Patch 0.1.15: Added the mesh for the Radio Control Unit