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Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
May 18 2010 04:42 GMT
#1
Today, after setting up my project at the California State Science Fair (woot!), I browsed through the other (and very intimidating projects) in my division. I noticed one project, with a rather eye catching setup that was vaguely related to electromagnetism. Then, I glanced and the title, and my eyes focused on one word... railgun. I was both pleased and saddened at the same time -pleased that I saw something that I reminded me of a certain scientific railgun... but saddened that no one would understand me if I made a reference (I did).

Anyhow, interviews are tomorrrow and I have to get up at like 6am to get there on time. -.-; I guess this is a little bright spot in a deadful day ahead.

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Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
May 18 2010 04:46 GMT
#2
The only railgun I'm reminded of is the tau railgun from WH40k


User would like to state for the record that WH40k is an awful game/money waster in his opinion
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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
May 18 2010 04:52 GMT
#3
I don't want to get your hopes down but building a fairly advanced homemade rail gun will not only take getting a hold of a lot of strong capacitors (around 40), a bunch of batteries, some scrap metal, and a bit of engineering, but sadly it will not be even strong enough to shoot a pellet through paper.
Shengster
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States167 Posts
May 18 2010 05:03 GMT
#4
If you increase the length of your railgun, you'll have greater speed. Try to get the best conducting material you can for your capacitors, that'll help as well.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43331 Posts
May 18 2010 05:05 GMT
#5
On May 18 2010 13:46 Megalisk wrote:
The only railgun I'm reminded of is the tau railgun from WH40k


User would like to state for the record that WH40k is an awful game/money waster in his opinion

I dunno. Every now and then when I go back home I get the urge to look through boxes of my stuff to see if I can find a few to paint. Maybe I'm just nostalgic but there was something strangely relaxing about painting a model in excessive detail.
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Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2928 Posts
May 18 2010 05:06 GMT
#6
Don't even get me started about Dawn of War series...
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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
May 18 2010 05:31 GMT
#7
we tried to build a railgun in high school

we stopped after our parents yelled at us for trying to dissemble the capacitor from a television set
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IrT4nkz
Profile Joined May 2010
229 Posts
May 18 2010 06:35 GMT
#8
The US army has a rail gun the last time I watched TV. It's huge and will most likely be installed on battleships.
Starparty
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Sweden1963 Posts
May 18 2010 06:39 GMT
#9
On May 18 2010 13:46 Megalisk wrote:
The only railgun I'm reminded of is the tau railgun from WH40k


User would like to state for the record that WH40k is an awful game/money waster in his opinion


this was not a mod edit, was it?
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
May 18 2010 06:42 GMT
#10
railgun is a pretty good anime

*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
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