Railgun 5.6kJ - Composite of 7 shots

7 shots with the railgun, 5.6kJ. the last clip is a head on view point.
Animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMcZufvySQ
Project log for this and V2: http://www.centumengineering.com/railgun

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• railgun
• rail
• gun
• high
• power
• energy
• capacitor
• bank
• em
• gauss

[guitartuner7]

how are you charging these capacitors.

[zanta24]

@guitartuner7 Voltage multiplier from mains.

[darkfur18]

what type of plastic did you use for the rail enclosure? surely plexiglass wouldn't survive that temprature

[zanta24]

@darkfur18 Garolite G12

[zanta24]

@darkfur18 Garolite, it is a layered epoxy and glass material. Strong stuff (still in perfect condition, just some discoloration).

[starfish3674]

you should shout on something like wood or a phonebook that we can see how hard it shouts^^

[perenti666]

holy fuck this is awesome O_O

[yo90bosses]

lol shotgun railgun

[theeyeofthestorms]

@zanta24 Still enough to kill. Nice. 6% isnt all that bad really. near the efficiency of solar panels. Appreciate the comment. Dont have time to build one of my own, and dont want it to blow up in my back yard ;)

Still goes at 300+ m/2. So awesome. Need to make one eventually. merry christmas

[sdrobo]

Uhm. Is 5,6 Kj the energy accumulated or the kinetical energy of the bullet? If it's the bullet energy then is almost the one of a bullet fired from a light rifle such as an M4 or another 5.56 cal. rifle. (with the execpion that a fire waepon can fire arount 900 riunds per minute). Good work, go on!

[DudeOfManyNames]

@zanta24 I probably shouldn't have said anything in the first place, I'm in over my head lol

[zanta24]

@crashpilot2 Awhile ago i measured 350 fps. The chrono was homemade and fairly inaccurate though.