Nice. The limiting factor is available energy storage in Joules. (A Joule is essentially a Watt-second)
A few dozen farads of capacitor at a few hundred volts sequentially discharged through the inductors a dangerous weapon would make. Especially with that ounce and a half projectile. Which would make it bite on both ends.
Increasing the rate of fire would require a lower limiting resistance between the storage bank and the power source. HMM.
Feasible - only needs better capacitors to give 9MM energies, with a lot more potential damage.
AIUI these things are tricky to build. You need an absolutely huge capacitor bank, and capacitors store enough electricity that they're actually explosive, so there are some safety issues. Then there's designing the actual solenoids so that you don't get suckback and that the timing is right, compensating for hysteresis...
IIRC these things end up being 1% or so efficient, compared to electric motors which are like, 80% efficient or better. Considering they're just a linear electric motor, more or less, you can see how difficult flinging things with magnets can be.
Now, rail guns, those you can get to gunpowder type power levels fairly easily, but they have their own set of problems, like tearing themselves to pieces in a flash of incandescent metal vapor.
The lightbulb is a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteI hope the terminals on those caps are well-shielded...
Nice. The limiting factor is available energy storage in Joules. (A Joule is essentially a Watt-second)
ReplyDeleteA few dozen farads of capacitor at a few hundred volts sequentially discharged through the inductors a dangerous weapon would make. Especially with that ounce and a half projectile. Which would make it bite on both ends.
Increasing the rate of fire would require a lower limiting resistance between the storage bank and the power source. HMM.
Feasible - only needs better capacitors to give 9MM energies, with a lot more potential damage.
Stranger
Good thing he goes through a lot of energy drinks in that R&D lab. Makes for a lot of ready targets.
ReplyDelete2 shots in min. Does a bell come on warning people of impending shot, kind of like a level crossing?
ReplyDeleteNo warning bell, but the lightbulb dims!
ReplyDelete:D
What you're seeing is the tail end of the very first generation of electric weaponry. This guy and his project are super-cool in my book!
This is Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteFirst prototype built in a week! And it Works!!
Now to refine the design and engineering from a firarms and ergonomics view, maybe using pointed bullet...
This has potential.
Bruce
crankyoldmanwithgun@yahoo.com
Knock yourself out.
ReplyDeleteAIUI these things are tricky to build. You need an absolutely huge capacitor bank, and capacitors store enough electricity that they're actually explosive, so there are some safety issues. Then there's designing the actual solenoids so that you don't get suckback and that the timing is right, compensating for hysteresis...
IIRC these things end up being 1% or so efficient, compared to electric motors which are like, 80% efficient or better. Considering they're just a linear electric motor, more or less, you can see how difficult flinging things with magnets can be.
Now, rail guns, those you can get to gunpowder type power levels fairly easily, but they have their own set of problems, like tearing themselves to pieces in a flash of incandescent metal vapor.