Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by crossfireoops
Originally Posted by FreeMe
I'm pretty ignorant about this technology - but why does it go "bang" and smoke, just like a conventional cannon?

I believe that the projo has to be MOVING, as the first band of magnetic flux grabs it and tosses it into the next waiting band of flux, and so on down the 'Barrel'.
.....difficult to orient a whole different series of projos PRECISELY enough to start the show ?
Or
.....Just to much energy needed / wasted, and just a more efficient way to accelerate the mass ?

Pretty weak on alla' this myself, here.

GTC


Or maybe all the electricity vaporizes some of the projectile on it's way out the barrel. I think the projectile is based on the old Hornady SSt's and they are using a 7 twist barrel.


Everyone knows SST's work best in a 1/8 twist.

I think the idea is rapid fire without explosive propulsion and velocity coming out your arss. Fire rate would be limited to how fast you can load and re-charge the capacitors.




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