Railgun Animation - Version 2

Buildlog:http://www.centumengineering.com/railgun
This is the current design for the revision 2 of the railgun.

The revision 2 Railgun will incorporate several major changes, and several minor changes.
Major updates:
-The capacitor bank will be expanded by 22 capacitors, giving a increase from 5616 joules to 12480 joules, at 400 volts. Peak energy, with capacitors set aside for coilgun and surge voltage, will be 16980 joules. With calculated (RC time constant) capacitance, actual energy will be ~ 12kj.
-The bus bars are reconfigured to use minimal material, and have minimal resistance. They will be 1/2" thick aluminium (due to cost restrictions). Total bus bar length will 8 feet, versus the 11 feet for the current much smaller bank.
-8x 2"x2"x1" NdFeB Neodymium magnets (grade N50) will be used for a permanent magnet augmented railgun. The field strength of these is large enough to be beneficial even with 100,000A current.
Minor changes:
-The injection valve was retrofitted with a solenoid, which will allow for remote triggering
-The rails will be silver plated, with the cool-amp silver plating powder.
-In an effort to minimise resistance, the cables have been eliminated.
-a analog pressure sensor was connected, and a comparator circuit (point to point solder) which is set to trigger at 50 PSI.
-The charging will be a HF transformer with a flyback core, for better voltage level control.
Some things I plan on trying out:
- 3" square pieces of bullet proof glass will be shot, hopefully getting fractal patterns. This will be useful for comparing power, and seeing the orientation of the projectile when impacted.
-self-augmented rails

Construction begins on arrival of the bus bar.

Sponsors:
CCT Plastics
-Railgun Enclosures x2
-Teflon
-Acrylic
Powerohm
-5x 300w 1kohm resistors
Omega
-IP Transducer
-Oscilloscope
- digital Power supply
-DMM
Fortscribe.com
*I dont have any political affiliation with fortscribe.com
-25 capacitors
-8x Neodymium Magnets
-Acrylic
-Copper
-Aluminum
-Hardware
-Coolamp silver plating
-Power Supply (HV)
-Graphite Projectiles
Jimmy Hartnett
-Bullet-resistant glass Level III

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• railgun
• 5.6kj
• 12kj
• revision
• guass
• gun
• coilgun
• coil
• magnet
• neodymium
• magnets

[MrPaulo1471]

Thumbs up if you hate this music

[zeus7623]

Please for the love of god stop using this song for any more youtube videos. It's driving me insane.

[Clint945]

@Qaphsiel1

True, but to be honest the workings of a railgun is quite sensitive and can be damaged easily, also it requires a fairly high working power and is more expensive to run than a conventional projectile weapon.

They just don't have the value or reliability of standard weapons, i don't really think armies will use them to great effect for a long time.

Their major advantage is range however, far larger ranges are possible.

[Qaphsiel1]

@Clint945 true, but when considering a new idea you must not only think of the pros but also the cons; think about how this would effect war.

[Clint945]

@Qaphsiel1

Actually no, Railguns are brilliant for space exploration since we can use them to launch cargo into orbit easily and cheaply.

Not only that but VERY high powered ones could potentially launch cargo to the moon or to stations in far orbit of the Earth.

This reduces the need for chemical launches.

[dylangrahamcracker]

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[lorez201]

Evanescence sucks.

Big Time.

[seslert]

@MrPaulo1471 I wish I could give more thumbs up.

[LVSWTZ]

i should've took shop lol.

[doctergonads]

@DreamState01 i agree 

[DreamState01]

@Qaphsiel1 Us humans could us it to propel us in space (if we master the technology)