John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2VygftZSCs
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4454912/navy-tests-electromagnetic-railgun/
Both very cool.
|
Jake
Member
Registered: 24th Jan 05
User status: Offline
|
in 50years time they will look at that railgun and wonder why the fuck its so big
|
alan-g-w
Member
Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
All that for one bullet?
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
One projectile travelling at mach 7 using magnets yes.
|
alan-g-w
Member
Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
Fair enough, just a technical excercise at this point then?
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
It's the future of guns I think, you need massive capacitors and electromagnets to make it go that fast though.
There is quite a bit on the internet about hand held rail guns, obviously can't fire anything that big/fast though.
|
Nath
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
User status: Offline
|
Thats mental
|
sand-eel
Member
Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
User status: Offline
|
How the hell did that camera track that shell?
|
Kurt
Member
Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
User status: Offline
|
What explodes in the second one? If it magnets there's no gunpowder.. Did it malfunction?
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
30 megajoules and mach 7 in a fraction of a second probably causes that.
|
neil h
Member
Registered: 28th Sep 06
User status: Offline
|
quote: Originally posted by Kurt
What explodes in the second one? If it magnets there's no gunpowder.. Did it malfunction?
Its the heat build up from the friction on the shell causing the air to ignite around it.
|
noshua
Member
Registered: 19th Nov 08
User status: Offline
|
Saw a post on Engadget about the second link, pretty impressive - the next World War (when I, Robot comes into play) will be 'mazin.
|
_Allan_
Member
Registered: 24th Mar 04
User status: Offline
|
Boom hea.... er head? shot
|