Author Topic: Railgun meets real life. (Read 10906 times)

jägermonsta · « **on:** January 17, 2007, 01:07:30 PM »

Not sure if many have seen this... pretty neat!

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/012007/01172007/251373

[BTF]Jehar · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2007, 05:18:54 PM »

The tech behind railguns is pretty damn simple; high school students find it popular as a science project to make a small railgun and shoot cans. In order to have any real strength though, they need to be substantially larger, with a bigger power source, and something that won't be adversely affected by kickback.

Thus the big navy guns.

Sadly, personal-sized railguns with the strength they have in Quake is much more of an engineering hassle: How to dissapate the heat and kickback? What power source? How to prevent the rails from being deteriorated by the huge amount of electricity?

Some day... some day...

[BTF]adam · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2007, 06:08:17 PM »

water cooling? xD

vibes · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2007, 06:35:11 PM »

Being an Electrical Tec myself, the technology is really very simple.

Cool reading

Peace

[BTF]Defiant! · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2007, 06:45:21 PM »

I built a trivial one with a channel of rare earth magnets. I ordered them online with some gallium. Gallium is a hard metal at room temperature, but melts slightly above body temperature. Fun for those that enjoy liquid metal but don't want mercury poisoning.

Def

UUD-40 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2007, 08:43:21 PM »

In Quake II, you play as Chuck Norris in disguise.

Bleach · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:22:12 AM »

Quote from: [BTF]Defiant! on January 17, 2007, 06:45:21 PM

I built a trivial one with a channel of rare earth magnets.

UUD-40 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2007, 12:01:42 AM »

ehehehe

jägermonsta · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2007, 04:42:59 AM »

I want a hand held railgun $:-\$

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #9 on:** January 22, 2007, 05:46:22 PM »

well I'm sure we can come up with some sort of hand-held electromagnetic projectile weapon for you..

Seems like you could do some damage with a lawnmower battery, a big capacitor, a contactor or switch of some sort, and a long barrel wound with electromagnetic coils..

I'll do some research and get back to ya.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:55:58 PM »

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327205,00.html

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2008, 03:12:52 PM »

shazaaaam!

The Happy Friar · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2008, 06:53:24 PM »

only question is why this hasn't been done sooner. this tech has been around a long time.

[BTF]Jehar · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:06:58 PM »

The answer to that probably has something to do with the production costs of materials that can withstand repeated exposure to such current\heat and still be able to fire smoothly.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2008, 04:54:50 AM »

Quote from: The Happy Friar on January 31, 2008, 06:53:24 PM

only question is why this hasn't been done sooner. this tech has been around a long time.

you tell me

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