Sequence Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 again, Sam Barros "power labs" has both railguns and coil guns. (definately worth a look)theres many ways you can modify the behaviour of a simple railgun to be more efficient or powerful but the main issue of all these sorts of weapons is the power density of your supply. a 50kg capacitor bank might store as much energy as the chemical energy in a small bottle of apple juice. and takes substantially longer to charge than a replacable packet of powder. Yeah, I figured it wouldn't work to well. At least it kept me entertained in English class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 a ye-olde' rifle with a blunder-bus uses caseless ammo. i think one of the few advantages of liquid fuels is the fine mixing. yet gunpowder especially the smoke less powder is completely mixed (sometimes as a liquid) then granulised. a liquid needs quite a bit of work before it can explode, jet fuel is very volatile in a jet engine where it's quickly vapourised, compressed, mixed with air then ignited, but the same kerosene needs to be preheated etc before it will begin to burn explosively. i think a liquid explosive brings in more problems than it's worth, high explosives give a really big bang for something that's almost inert when it's dropped or under humanly survivable temperatures. i think the best way to use a liquid wouild be to use a hard parafin (ablative casing perhaps?) and inject liquid oxygen into the tip then ignite, build the whole round as a rocket. nasa has shown a lot of promise in their hybrid boosters for the new shuttle and they use a good candle wax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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