How to Make A Railgun

A Basic Railgun Capacitor Bank, Detailed Description, a "need to see video" if your going to construct a railgun. perfect dangerous weekend project! pt. 1

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[charlieDetroit]

how old are you?

[zombizFTW]

@charlieDetroit

I was like 13 in this. Its sorta shit, but then again. (;

[OldSnakeKonovesis]

nice i will try 2 make 1 tnxfro showing us cani talk to u at face book?

[zombizFTW]

@OldSnakeKonovesis Sure! add meh! :D

[NoHacerv21]

can I do this with a bread board?

[trip3980]

question can you use a taser to get you started to make a rail gun?

[fiddlesticks971]

those capacitors are electrolytic capacitors don't charge them backwards. The can explode if they are charge from a reverse current

[WindOSexpertman]

3 words ....... learn to solder



[dendog21]

@zombizFTW and you like 14 or 15 now not much difference.  when you get your braces off you should remake this vid with a little more preparation.

[TheWingait]

Ok, im doing a science project with this, i need to know ALL of the maerials and any information on how to make one, i dont need one MEGA powerful but something with decent power, so if yu can...reply, thanks.

[lyrison]

@coatduck Electricity can penetrate dry skin at ~70 volts. So, once you have 70+ volts, amperage makes all of the difference, and camera caps can reach 300 volts at enough amperage to KILL.

FYI: I do work with much larger stuff!

[coatduck]

@lyrison ok, well, lightning is static electricity, and that kills. I have taken 8 of these capacitors across the chest (not something I would recomend) indeed you are correct about the voltage and amperage. but there simply isn't enough power to do any damage, otherwise if you put your fingers on ether side of the battery, you would die. there just isn't enough power. if you start dealing with larger stuff, you may have a point, but think about it, they market these to little kids!

[lyrison]

@coatduck Amperage kills, not voltage. Static electricity can be up to 15 KV, but it's harmless. Camera capacitors run at 300 volts, but have enough amperage to kill multiple people at once.

[lyrison]

To make a good capacitor bank, you need photo flash or pulse capacitors. They can store up high amperage/voltage, and discharge it all in one short burst.

Photo flash caps run at ~300 volts and are realatively cheap.

Pulse caps run at up to 30 KV (for some) and can cost thousands of dollars.