Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 30/10/04 12:07 PM Share Posted 30/10/04 12:07 PM http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htmWell, if anyone has ever played quake3 or something, they would have heard of a rail gun....Well, for a few years now actually, rail guns have been 100% working and launching things at rediculously high speeds.This guy in particular has made one that launches to about 3km/s and you can see some test firing and allot of information on that page.If you scroll to the bottom, you will see one that is on the back of a semi, it launched something to 16km/s.Anyone who does engineering will understand most of what hes on about, check the rest of his site out also, allot of awesome infromation on there.Oh, he also makes a jet turbine from a truck turbo, and launches a golf ball to about 3 times the speed of sound.....Enjoy! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13675-rail-gun/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 22y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 30/10/04 12:11 PM Share Posted 30/10/04 12:11 PM What sort of 60' would it have and can I bolt it to the rear of my car to help traction. Geea. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13675-rail-gun/#findComment-181343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 30/10/04 12:17 PM Share Posted 30/10/04 12:17 PM What sort of 60' would it have and can I bolt it to the rear of my car to help traction. Geea. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Geez Craig you suprise me sometimes...........not ppfffft :lol: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13675-rail-gun/#findComment-181344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 30/10/04 01:40 PM Author Share Posted 30/10/04 01:40 PM (edited) with a muzzle velocity of about say, 2km/s, I think the 60' time would be somewhere in the vicinity of 50uS (nano seconds).Hrmm, I wonder if we could fire an entire car out of one.....ps, this thing is what fired at 16km/s....That is just incredible.Also note that in that picture, that is purely plasma you are seeing, there are NO explosives in that cannon, absolutely no fuel what so ever. You are seeing pure plasma propel an object. Edited 30/10/04 01:42 PM by Lawsy Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13675-rail-gun/#findComment-181361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 31/10/04 05:00 AM Share Posted 31/10/04 05:00 AM WOW, I always knew that plasma was a powerful stuff. Now where can I get some for my fuel tank??? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13675-rail-gun/#findComment-181467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saleen Big Gun Donating Members 4,170 Member For: 22y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 31/10/04 05:16 AM Share Posted 31/10/04 05:16 AM Like Inspector Gadget used to say. 'WOWSERS!!!!!!" Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13675-rail-gun/#findComment-181472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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