Wow, I saw your first coilgun video and you've made some nice progress with adding a better capacitor charging circuit and a charge control circuit. I think I'll track this project.
Do you use a lead-acid 12V battery to power the circuit? Because that circuit has an amazing charge recovery rate.
Also wondering about other specs of your circuit (like capacitor bank energy, muzzle energy, and charger design).
Unfortunately, I don't have any batteries; using a bench power supply.
It draws 1.25 amps peak and 100ma to keep it topped up. So a battery would certainly work. That said, a rifle with a 10lb transformer and a 5lb battery would be a real bear to use...
Just one cap, 23.8 joules.
idk, at point blank it punches through cardboard, at 6-8 ft it dents cans.
Here is a schematic of it all, should be reasonably accurate: i42 . tinypic . com / b81efp.jpg
Wow, I saw your first coilgun video and you've made some nice progress with adding a better capacitor charging circuit and a charge control circuit. I think I'll track this project.
Do you use a lead-acid 12V battery to power the circuit? Because that circuit has an amazing charge recovery rate.
Also wondering about other specs of your circuit (like capacitor bank energy, muzzle energy, and charger design).
KlLLAH573 3 months ago
@KlLLAH573
First, thanks for the interest.
Unfortunately, I don't have any batteries; using a bench power supply.
It draws 1.25 amps peak and 100ma to keep it topped up. So a battery would certainly work. That said, a rifle with a 10lb transformer and a 5lb battery would be a real bear to use...
Just one cap, 23.8 joules.
idk, at point blank it punches through cardboard, at 6-8 ft it dents cans.
Here is a schematic of it all, should be reasonably accurate: i42 . tinypic . com / b81efp.jpg
NTG56 3 months ago