Radio Control Unit

Radio Control Unit
Enhances and directs radio signals.
Unlocked at	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/ModularFrameLightweight/Desc_ModularFrameLightweight.Desc_ModularFrameLightweight_C
Item
Stack size	50
Sink value	19 600

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

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Radio Control Unit	32 × Aluminum Casing 40 / min						1 × Crystal Oscillator 1.25 / min						Manufacturer 48 sec	2 × Radio Control Unit 2.5 / min 1320 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
	1 × Computer 1.25 / min
Radio Control System Alternate	1 × Crystal Oscillator 1.5 / min						10 × Circuit Board 15 / min						Manufacturer 40 sec	3 × Radio Control Unit 4.5 / min 733.33 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
	60 × Aluminum Casing 90 / min						30 × Rubber 45 / min
Radio Connection Unit Alternate	4 × Heat Sink 15 / min						2 × High-Speed Connector 7.5 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Radio Control Unit 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production Caterium Research - AI Limiter
	12 × Quartz Crystal 45 / min

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												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Pressure Conversion Cube	1 × Fused Modular Frame 1 / min						2 × Radio Control Unit 2 / min						Assembler 60 sec	1 × Pressure Conversion Cube 1 / min 900 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Turbo Motor	4 × Cooling System 7.5 / min						2 × Radio Control Unit 3.75 / min						Manufacturer 32 sec	1 × Turbo Motor 1.875 / min 1760 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Leading-edge Production
	4 × Motor 7.5 / min						24 × Rubber 45 / min
OC Supercomputer Alternate	3 × Radio Control Unit 9 / min						3 × Cooling System 9 / min						Assembler 20 sec	1 × Supercomputer 3 / min 300 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Turbo Electric Motor Alternate	7 × Motor 6.5625 / min						9 × Radio Control Unit 8.4375 / min						Manufacturer 64 sec	3 × Turbo Motor 2.8125 / min 1173.33 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Leading-edge Production Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
	5 × Electromagnetic Control Rod 4.6875 / min						7 × Rotor 6.5625 / min
Blender	20 × Motor						10 × Heavy Modular Frame						Build Gun	1 × Blender		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
	50 × Aluminum Casing						5 × Radio Control Unit
Drone	4 × Motor				10 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet				1 × Radio Control Unit				Build Gun	1 × Drone		Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
	2 × AI Limiter				1 × Portable Miner
Drone Port	20 × Heavy Modular Frame				20 × High-Speed Connector				50 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet				Build Gun	1 × Drone Port		Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
	50 × Aluminum Casing				10 × Radio Control Unit
Particle Accelerator	25 × Radio Control Unit				100 × Electromagnetic Control Rod				10 × Supercomputer				Build Gun	1 × Particle Accelerator		Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
	50 × Cooling System				20 × Fused Modular Frame				10 × Turbo Motor

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

References

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