*real pics*Gauss (electromagnetic) pb gun

nathanours wrote: how heavy is it? or how heavy will it be in gun form?

Right now its about a pound with everything.  I expect with balls, a body, frame, and anything else I add it will be 2-3 pounds.

Also just to make a note I made a 3D model of it today.  I modified it with a few suggestions here and figure out a way to return the bolt without the charging coil.

I think someone asked how velocity will be regulated.  Keep in mind that it isn't affected by weather (especially if metal isn't used for the bolt), so once its set its set.  But I could potentially use switches to turn off sets of capacitors for large changes, and then a potentiometer for small changes.

To answer Frog man's question about how long the capcitors take to fully discharge, I calculated that the bolt, traveling at 300fps (to move the ball that fast) will take 555.556 micro seconds for the bolt to travel its full distance.  That also means that, not taking into account capacitor charge time, and assuming that the cocking time will be the same as the shooting time, the gun could theoretically cycle 899.999 times per second.  This, however, is no where near plausible.  The fastest fire rate ever was 16666 rounds per second (Metal Storm).


Edited by WGP guy2 - 13 March 2007 at 10:10pm

Wow, I cant believe there was an argument over voltage and amperage lasting a whole page.

But to add my two cents. Enough voltage for long enough over the right part of the body will kill. No matter what the amperage. Instead of stopping the muscle, it will fry the crap out of it.

And I wouldnt bother arguing that. Because I got a 98% in my college electricity class.

Also. If you had some potentiometers or variable resisters, you can change how much voltage/amperage is going to the wires causing a slower/higher fps.

Dont worry about the patents and stuff. To be honest this is a highschool science project. So anyone can do it. But it is a very interesting idea. Im anxious to see how it all turns out.

Monk wrote: And I wouldnt bother arguing that. Because I got a 98% in my college electricity class.

i can see thats a very cereal class, lol


"what do you got next bob?"
"Electricity"
"Dam thats a hard one"

i still cant belive there a class called electricity, its funny

The actual name is Into to Electricity and Theory.

So stop being a pompus prick. --- frogman

Well to be quite honest, most of the nuke med is still guesses. They still use cesium, but they are working mostly with iodines and flat out radiation. They are now using radioactive pellets that can be injected straight into the cancer spot. Which greatly reduces the "colateral damage" if you will.

lol, but as far a radon/radium is concerned, yeah, they learned their lesson.

So back to the topic, I want vids.


Edited by Monk - 14 March 2007 at 1:38am