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Re: The ETG is going handheld. :twisted:

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:06 pm
by psycix
Gunner wrote:Larda, could you say what kind of capacitor source are you planning to you with your handheld rifle?Thanks!
Larda wrote:Here is a mock-up of how its going to look with a rifle stock from a BB gun. I am also going to insulate the barrel and add a lexan shield to prevent any contact with the high voltage parts.
I am not planing to do any full power shots when i am holding it in my hands and will take the necessary safety precautions so it will be relatively safe.

So
spudfarm wrote:i think he is going to use the full 28.8KJ of energy

(ouch my shoulder hurts just of the thought)
No not really.

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:46 pm
by Zen///
The damage shots seriously look like a .50 cal hit them.

*Salutes*

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:19 am
by microman171
I was just looking through the first page and then saw there were 9 other :shock: BUT my suggestion to make it better it to use a hocky puck SCR for the switch. I have made some small scale coilguns and know that SCR's seem to be the only things to handle all of the current and voltage (even the transistors rated high enough burnt out. Anything mechanical doesnt take long for the electrodes to wear out. By the looks of things this is the best gun like this I have seen (Better than the militaries coil gun) I think you could make a rail gun like the navys... It is still in dev but so is yours...

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:32 am
by sssssbooom
i don't understand it but it is freaking amazing hopefully one day i can create some thing as powerful as this

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:47 am
by TwitchTheAussie
In the truly aussie way allow me to offer you a beer and say OLY F*%$%ing $h!T. Bloody noice :thumbright:

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:42 am
by Carlman
yea mate have a crowny from me too!

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:24 am
by SpudFarm
i keep getting images of this in my head when i think of the "perfect" cannon

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:48 pm
by psycix
The perfect cannon should be both powerful and portable. Now I dont see someone lugging that capacitor bank trough the field :lol:
Not even talking about "fueling" it with electricity.

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:56 pm
by magnum9987
this thing is military capable. probably For defense though. you cant lug this thing through a field. You may also think about actually propelling the aluminum powder forward then igniting it and you then have super magnetic high powered gas, making it even more powerful.

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:33 pm
by SEAKING9006
I agree with some of the earlier posts, we need a separate forum for electromagnetic/electrothermal guns. A few years back, I started working on a small coil gun, but I never got past making a few coils and a 4" cardboard tube body. Never did find and suitable capacitors.

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:58 pm
by someguy411
by the seemingly harmless looks of this beast, I think u should get a stronger retaining block for the recoil, judging by the picture

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:21 am
by turkeypig666
nicely done this is cool im new here but does plasma shoot from the barrel

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:12 am
by john bunsenburner
look at the date of the last post...its 7 months old...try not to kick up old topics and pm some one about it, and as far as i know larda has not been on for a long time so dont bother pming him, try ragnarok, jsr or starman, they are out forums most experienced members.

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:06 am
by Ragnarok
john bunsenburner wrote:As far as i know larda has not been on for a long time so dont bother pming him, try ragnarok, jsr or starman, they are out forums most experienced members.
Oh great, now I'm going to get PMs about cannons I didn't even build. :roll:
Such is the way of being considered a spudding expert I suppose. :tongue3:

In answer to said question, given it uses aluminium plasma as a propellant, yes, the muzzle blast will be composed of plasma.
That's what all the bright flash and "sparks" are in this photo:
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Bear in mind, most muzzle flashes cannot be seen in the day time. The fact that this one can be seen tells you how spectacularly bright it is relatively - indeed, it's a plasma, not just hot gasses like most muzzle flashes; and thus far more energetic.

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:26 pm
by turkeypig666
so its the same thing in plasma tvs?