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Re: Lego Railguns
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 13:22:44 GMT
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> No, what he built *is* a railgun.
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> A railgun is just two rails connected to opposite poles of a (usually
> powerful) current source, with a conductive 'bullet' between them.
> Hence the name 'railgun'. (This is something that our Physics II prof
> used a *lot* for examples/problems--even had a military guy come in and
> talk about them (the Navy uses large models on warships).)
He couldn't have used electricity with this configuration as 4.5 v track
isn't electrified. He says that the motive power for the ammo was "an
elastic built into the muzzle." It IS just a gun that shoots rails.
Will
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| (...) No, what he built *is* a railgun. A railgun is just two rails connected to opposite poles of a (usually powerful) current source, with a conductive 'bullet' between them. Hence the name 'railgun'. (This is something that our Physics II prof (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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