Oh boy! I hope we blow the fuck out of some people with that thing! [/sarcasm]

ok...so I'm dumb, if it's electromagnetically propelled, what's with the explosion?

>> ^VoodooV:

ok...so I'm dumb, if it's electromagnetically propelled, what's with the explosion?


Good question. I'm not sure but I would assume that some electronics burned out causing the sparks and the smoke. Some of the sound could also be from the projectile breaking the sound barrier.

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>> ^VoodooV:

ok...so I'm dumb, if it's electromagnetically propelled, what's with the explosion?


My guess would be its a result of the shockwave from the ballistic reaching supersonic velocity.

It's plasma energy resulting in what tadd just said. It's a very intense buildup of electromagnetic energy onto the surface area of the bottom of the projectile. In the last clip on this video, the projectile lost structural integrity from the g-forces.

>> ^mtadd:

>> ^VoodooV:
ok...so I'm dumb, if it's electromagnetically propelled, what's with the explosion?

My guess would be its a result of the shockwave from the ballistic reaching supersonic velocity.

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I had a random guess as well. Most of the rail systems I am familiar with have a chamber the projectile travels down like the barrel of a gun. The main problem I have heard with this systems is the problem of bracing the projectile. How do you accelerate a metal object to super sonic speeds without it destroying the chamber via friction? Some had it in a jacket that was guided by a catapult like system on an aircraft carrier. This results in sparks, fires, and smoke because of the friction involved. I can't find details on this specific gun though beyond "they fired it".

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/bae-producing-scaleddown-rail-gun-naval-weapon-01986/

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/12/ap-navy-dahlgren-railgun-test-121010/

Navy Faction but still very tech 1.

My first thought after seeing the "smoke" or whatnot was that it was the effect you get when there is a pressure change, such as decompressing a pop bottle.

>> ^ButterflyKisses:

It's plasma energy resulting in what tadd just said. It's a very intense buildup of electromagnetic energy onto the surface area of the bottom of the projectile. In the last clip on this video, the projectile lost structural integrity from the g-forces.
>> ^mtadd:
>> ^VoodooV:
ok...so I'm dumb, if it's electromagnetically propelled, what's with the explosion?

My guess would be its a result of the shockwave from the ballistic reaching supersonic velocity.


actually you are wrong. what you see is projectile's casing falling off. see http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/ORD_EM_Rail_Gun_7MJ_Shot_lg.jpg and http://www.dstl.gov.uk/news_events/images/railgun.jpg

that thing looks like my toilet after taco night

I'll upvote for the simple fact that no-one added techno music to this!

I imagine the smoke is as said before: sound barrier, casing, plasma flow dynamics ("hot air"), etc... Plus whatever gets pwned at impact via kinetics.

And, just like the movie (just different words):
"There Will Be A Fiery Boom"

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>> ^blankfist:

Oh boy! I hope we blow the fuck out of some people with that thing! [/sarcasm]


Clearly this is a response to Al-Qaeda's space warfare program.

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