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Re: Rail Gun

To: "Tom Neimeyer" <tjn56@swbell.net>
Subject: Re: Rail Gun
From: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:01:16 -0500
Thanks Tom
Very interesting.
Top rail gun designs currently can launch a 2kg projectile with a muzzle
velocity of close to 4km/s on roughly 6 meter rails. To reach this kind of
velocity, the power source must provide roughly 6.5 million Amps.  Ouch.

JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Neimeyer" <tjn56@swbell.net>
To: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>
Cc: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Rail Gun


> Try this....
>
> http://horehound.infostry.com/rail.html
>
> Regards, Tom

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