working railgun

[DrPizza]

had a few successes a month or so ago...
I happened to run across this site a few minutes ago.

for what it's worth:
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[Goosemaster]

wait..aren't you calcteacher who was buying a farm in NY...

Now you were tyoing papers for your profs? (grad?)

are are up @ 2am on a monday morning?

EDIT: and yes, rail guns are cool and stuff...can;t get much more hip than this

 

[Eli]

Holy sh!t... that's a lotta juice.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Eli
Holy sh!t... that's a lotta juice.

So tha juice is good, ah? You like-a dah juice, AH!?


So wait... railguns are part pneumatic... part magnetic?

 

[paruhd0x]

What exactly is a rail gun? I've played Quake 2 and such and thats my only refference... well that and the movie Eraser. Can you explain simply how it works and what it does?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
What exactly is a rail gun? I've played Quake 2 and such and thats my only refference... well that and the movie Eraser. Can you explain simply how it works and what it does?

I was under the impression that it fires projectiles at high velocities using high powered paralelled electromagnets that fire in a rapid sequence. My first introduction to its concept was in Metal Gear Solid I for the Playstation. The Metal Gear Rex prototype was fitted with one, it was about 30 feet long.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
What exactly is a rail gun? I've played Quake 2 and such and thats my only refference... well that and the movie Eraser. Can you explain simply how it works and what it does?

http://www.physics.northwester...yx135-2/19/railgun.htm

 

[StageLeft]

Well he wins an award for the sh*tiest video I've ever seen posted on the internet.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
What exactly is a rail gun? I've played Quake 2 and such and thats my only refference... well that and the movie Eraser. Can you explain simply how it works and what it does?

http://www.physics.northwester...yx135-2/19/railgun.htm

Unfortunately, in order for this to work, exit velocities of around 150 km/s must be attainable, and thus far, no railgun can produce speeds close to those results.

:Q

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Well he wins an award for the sh*tiest video I've ever seen posted on the internet.

the worst thing is i dont see the gun actually doing any damage to the box. if it did they are doing a piss-poor job of showing it.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
wait..aren't you calcteacher who was buying a farm in NY...

Now you were tyoing papers for your profs? (grad?)

are are up @ 2am on a monday morning?

EDIT: and yes, rail guns are cool and stuff...can;t get much more hip than this

Yep, that's me. Papers for grad courses. Deal fell through on farm #1. Mortgage broker was supposed to do it as 2 loans - one on the house + 5 acres, one on the rest of the property. We didn't know that (nor did he (Grr) until after our time period expired, and unfortunately, someone was behind us waiting to pay cash. Working on another one now, this time with only 26+ acres. 5 bedroom, 1 bath. Small horse barn, ponds,... 60k. Anxiously awaiting word from the bank.

 

[Hammer]

what's the compressed air for?

is this really a railgun, it uses a magnetic field to accelerate a projectile?