Radio Control Unit

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

Alternate recipes analysis
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Radio Control Unit / second, or 60 / min:
 * Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: . 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
 * Crystal Oscillator
 * Computer
 * Circuit Board
 * Rubber
 * Heat Sink
 * High-Speed Connector
 * Quartz Crystal
 * Resin byproduct from Aluminum Casing can be fed into other intermediate products, saving some of the Crude Oil and associated energy and space.

Tips

 * It is highly advisable to use the Radio Control System alternate recipe, as it saves significantly on quartz, copper, power and factory volume.

Trivia

 * Before Patch Closed Alpha 4, the radio control unit was one of the multiple components used to build The HUB.

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