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Make your own 300 mile an hour railgun!
<b>Relive those old Quake2 moments with your own hot-to-trot homemade railgun..</b>
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[blockquote]530fps! I am very happy with results tonight. Our peak shot was 530 fps(361mph) we fired around ten shots with each shot being quite consistent. I think since we were firing outside the muzzle flash was not as big of an issue as others had experienced. We are not fully discharging the caps however. So there are many improvements to be made.[/blockquote]
<b>Making it go boom is <a href="http://www.4jjr.com/jason/railgun/" target="_new">Jason Rollette</a></b>
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[blockquote]530fps! I am very happy with results tonight. Our peak shot was 530 fps(361mph) we fired around ten shots with each shot being quite consistent. I think since we were firing outside the muzzle flash was not as big of an issue as others had experienced. We are not fully discharging the caps however. So there are many improvements to be made.[/blockquote]
<b>Making it go boom is <a href="http://www.4jjr.com/jason/railgun/" target="_new">Jason Rollette</a></b>
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I was playing with this 20 years ago. Great fun.
the two problems. A discharge switch, magnetrons work great but are real expensive. And getting the pulse long enough.
Oh, if you decide to try one, get extra life insur. The shocks hurt like hell.