With the energy demonstrated, except for shot to temple at close range perhaps, not lethal.

Still, with refinement....

I was actually (perhaps in a naive way) hoping for the capacitors to become so full that the energy created from the magnetic field would be enough to rip apart a toaster. The projectile shattered not only the toaster's glass, but also my dreams...

I wish he would use it on some actual materials like wood/stone/steel etc to at least TRY and display penetrating power, instead of shooting it at model airplanes and plastic ramps.

The toaster oven KINDA showed that, but I'm just wondering why it looks like he spent 99% of his time dedicated to design(which is pretty awesome) but very little thought on what to actually shoot at.

That was extremely underwhelming at the end...

Gunpowder, your future is safe for now.

Good railgun effort. Looks like it was done for a uni project but maybe the guy is very enthusiastic and did it for fun! I was misled by the video's description, I thought he'd be using the railgun to launch domestic appliances

>> ^chicchorea:

With the energy demonstrated, except for shot to temple at close range perhaps, not lethal.
Still, with refinement....


I formally disagree.

You can poison tip the end, give it a barb or two, assemble some fashion of exploding tip.

Or make the projectile more sleek and pointed to go through or between a rib.

or bleed out... gangrene..

lots of ways to die from this thing, I wish not to count thee ways though.

LMFAO...cafe everywhere.

Of course, a GRF(Gibsonesque Rail Fletcher),...I want....
>> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^chicchorea:
With the energy demonstrated, except for shot to temple at close range perhaps, not lethal.
Still, with refinement....

I formally disagree.
You can poison tip the end, give it a barb or two, assemble some fashion of exploding tip.
Or make the projectile more sleek and pointed to go through or between a rib.
or bleed out... gangrene..
lots of ways to die from this thing, I wish not to count thee ways though.

.027kJ of force applied to 1" diameter of surface area needed to break skull bone. This is 1.25kJ. Even considering the drop off due to distance and air resistance, it would definitely crack a skull and would likely lodge itself in someone's brain. The temple is one of the few places where a small puncture can kill someone. Ergo: Don't build this then shoot someone in the head with it.

>> ^chicchorea:

LMFAO...cafe everywhere.
Of course, a GRF(Gibsonesque Rail Fletcher),...I want....
>> ^BoneRemake:
>> ^chicchorea:
With the energy demonstrated, except for shot to temple at close range perhaps, not lethal.
Still, with refinement....

I formally disagree.
You can poison tip the end, give it a barb or two, assemble some fashion of exploding tip.
Or make the projectile more sleek and pointed to go through or between a rib.
or bleed out... gangrene..
lots of ways to die from this thing, I wish not to count thee ways though.

A Joule is not a unit of force.

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