Dread centrifugal weapon
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:55 am
I've been looking for stuff about the dread weapon system which is an electronically powered centrifugal machine gun. However, a lot of the information I find on it tends to be advertising or debate on physics forums about how it can't possibly be "recoilless".
Obviously you don't get more energy out than you put in, however the ammunition can be accelerated fairly slowly, gaining kinetic energy until the disc is at maximum revolutions. (around 20k rpm, or more for a smaller disc).
This is really only in the rough sketching stages, but I'm thinking of a small compressed air tesla turbine to power it to fire very small lead shot (around 2mm) or airsoft bb's (Australian equivalent of course).
However I'm not sure on how to construct the ammo cage and mechanism to fire the rounds. A lack of useful patents hasn't helped. Any suggestions on the release/firing mechanism and disk construction would be appreciated.
Thanks guys
Obviously you don't get more energy out than you put in, however the ammunition can be accelerated fairly slowly, gaining kinetic energy until the disc is at maximum revolutions. (around 20k rpm, or more for a smaller disc).
This is really only in the rough sketching stages, but I'm thinking of a small compressed air tesla turbine to power it to fire very small lead shot (around 2mm) or airsoft bb's (Australian equivalent of course).
However I'm not sure on how to construct the ammo cage and mechanism to fire the rounds. A lack of useful patents hasn't helped. Any suggestions on the release/firing mechanism and disk construction would be appreciated.
Thanks guys