Homemade Guass Gun!
<div class="IPBDescription">No, it does not shoot orange beams...</div> From Slashdot:
<a href='http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/' target='_blank'>http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/</a>
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"A Russion software developer has developed a homemade Gauss pistol. It's not very powerful yet, but as a proof of concept, it's interesting. Nice, non-chemical slugthrower that should appeal to fans of Science Fiction and related games, like Traveller and many others."
<a href='http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/07/17/163225.shtml?tid=126' target='_blank'>http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/07/...5.shtml?tid=126</a>
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The submitter apparently never heard of Half-Life eh? Gonna be cool if somone makes a replacment model for this...I think it would look pretty neat in NS with a green color, no?
Oh yes...its from RUSSIA! Where the gun shoots you!
<img src='http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/P011.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
<a href='http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/' target='_blank'>http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/</a>
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"A Russion software developer has developed a homemade Gauss pistol. It's not very powerful yet, but as a proof of concept, it's interesting. Nice, non-chemical slugthrower that should appeal to fans of Science Fiction and related games, like Traveller and many others."
<a href='http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/07/17/163225.shtml?tid=126' target='_blank'>http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/07/...5.shtml?tid=126</a>
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The submitter apparently never heard of Half-Life eh? Gonna be cool if somone makes a replacment model for this...I think it would look pretty neat in NS with a green color, no?
Oh yes...its from RUSSIA! Where the gun shoots you!
<img src='http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/P011.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
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It was impressive that he fit all that into such a small volume though.
actually gauss guns are guns that use magnets to fire
rail-guns are guns that use magnets to fire bullets that go insanely fast and can penetrate virtually anything
But is it possible for it to have no firing sound? Would something without gunpowder have any muzzle flash? This could be the next generation of suppressed/silenced weapons -- current suppressors already lower muzzle velocity and accuracy, don't they?
actually gauss guns are guns that use magnets to fire
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Correct I believe.
I've also understood guass guns to use heavy magnetic fields to essentially rip atoms off the surface of the target. Couldn't remember where I read about that though (Probably some gibbering sci fi freak actually).
This could be an interesting evolution in the design of weapons though.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->But is it possible for it to have no firing sound? Would something without gunpowder have any muzzle flash? This could be the next generation of suppressed/silenced weapons -- current suppressors already lower muzzle velocity and accuracy, don't they? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The accuracy I think isn't changed but the muzzle velocity is lowered considerably by the silencer. It leaves a lot slower and I believe that is what causes the subdued sound.
Dunno, I suppose it seems silly to us because these guns don't exist. Perhaps to the next generation or so it will just be perfectly normal.
Incidently, Railgun vs Gauss gun information:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The basic idea behind the electrostatic gun (rail gun) is that a charged particle, allowed to drift in an electric field will "fall" in the direction of the field, extracting energy from the field in the form of kinetic energy as it does so.
In the electromagnetic gun (gauss gun), the basic idea is that any particle which bears a current, when allowed to drift in a magnetic field will "fall" in the direction of the field, extracting energy from the field in the form of kinetic energy as it does so. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Website
<a href='http://www.ballistictech.com/essays/gauss.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ballistictech.com/essays/gauss.html</a>
Should answer any questions.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->wait, so a gauss cannon shoots magnets... ? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No no no. It shoots a metal projectile, it is just called a gauss gun due to the fact it relies on a metallic coil generating a magnetic field. The strength of that field is measured in 'gauss' hence gauss gun.
No no no. It shoots a metal projectile, it is just called a gauss gun due to the fact it relies on a metallic coil generating a magnetic field. The strength of that field is measured in 'gauss' hence gauss gun. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
so i was right the first time...except i worded it badly... i know that railguns shoot particles...yeah. anyway.
No no no. It shoots a metal projectile, it is just called a gauss gun due to the fact it relies on a metallic coil generating a magnetic field. The strength of that field is measured in 'gauss' hence gauss gun. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
so i was right the first time...except i worded it badly... i know that railguns shoot particles...yeah. anyway. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually it doesn't appear they do. It seems they work by generating a similar kind of field to the gauss gun, just using heavily ionised particles. This generates a massive electric field (which has similar properties to a magnetic field anyway) that accelerates a projectile.
Not really as different as I first thought.
they had working designs that fired 12 inch spikes at several kilometers <i>per second</i>.
thing is, they said the recoil on them would make them so unweidly they'd have to put them on tanks or a dedicated gun platform.
You have no idea <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
However, the methods they use are distinctly different, and tend to only be of interest to EM geeks, who get quite annoyed when 'railgun' and 'gauss gun' are used interchangeably.
Additionally, it was wise to only make a pistol gauss gun... they may have decent initial force, but it drops very quickly with range. ten to fifteen feet, it'll slice through a coke can, leaving a perfect hole. Double or triple that, and it might dent the can.. but not too much more.
I'm actually decently surprised that he managed to put together a finished unit, as with gauss guns the coils tend to contract on firing, and with a glass tube being used as the standard 'barrel' they tend to be quite fragile.. normally shattering their firing mechanism within two to three shots. Not even speaking of standard carry/drop wear and tear which would be required for government use. Though plastic might be a viable alternative, it tends to create far too much friction with the projectile, causing a VERY unpleasant drop in maximum velocity.. if the thing will fire at all.
now we need to make it 1000X as big and mount it on ship or rail and go to war against terrorists with it
oh, can you say "metal gear rex" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
-_-
thats enough out of me
they had working designs that fired 12 inch spikes at several kilometers <i>per second</i>.
thing is, they said the recoil on them would make them so unweidly they'd have to put them on tanks or a dedicated gun platform. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually what they said is they would need a vehicle the size of a small office building to house one railgun in combat.
Pretty funny you have this really powerful weapon but it pretty much fires only once and you have to stick it in an office building to use it : P
I'm intrigued though, so post any follow ups if anyone finds any.
A lot of pistols don't fire super sonically anyway.
There's another thread somewhere in here about rail-guns and how they would work in modern warfare. If anyone wants to know where it is, try a search for rail guns, or check back a few pages.
I don't keep good track of threads.
Listening to: well...I was watching Puma Man...the MST3K version.
..."Next time I see a Puma, I know I can just push it the hell over."
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<i>Edit</i>: Gee, lotsa people posted before me, didn't even see Necro's post.
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I doubt I will ever see a carryable rail gun because the power needed to generate 1 shot is just way to much.
Heres some cool info on rail guns.
<a href='http://www.eng.auburn.edu/department/ece/railgun/' target='_blank'>http://www.eng.auburn.edu/department/ece/railgun/</a>
The diffrence is one just uses 2 rails laid out and a strong current goes threw that forces a projectile out. (rail gun)
Guass rilfe is just another term for a linear accelarator (im pretty sure atleast) <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> Instead of using 2 rails it uses a buncha magnets. Basically you turn on one magnetic and the particles or projectile rush to the point. Once they get there or are pretty close you turn that magnet off then another one further down. Eventually you hit speed of like 99.9% of the speed of light or something obcene like that.
My friend says he could make a working railgun if he could get enougth electrical charge. I'm not sure whether to believe him; on the one hand he has made his own crossbow (3 times, each one better than the last, and the latest one is CO2 gas-powered), a hand grenade consisting of a tennis ball filled with matchheads, paper and lighter fluid, and a half-completed thermite charge (he can't get the piece of iron to rust you see..... ).
On the other hand, he has started 6 half-life mods to my count, and has not finished any of them.
My friend is wierd.