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21 Comments
blankfistsays...Oh boy! I hope we blow the fuck out of some people with that thing! [/sarcasm]
VoodooVsays...ok...so I'm dumb, if it's electromagnetically propelled, what's with the explosion?
WKBsays...>> ^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.
eric3579says...More video here
kasinatorsays...*timeshift
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Timeshift) - requested by kasinator.
mtaddsays...>> ^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.
ButterflyKissessays...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.
antsays...*brief
siftbotsays...This video has been flagged as being less than 1 minute in length - declared brief by ant.
GeeSussFreeKsays...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/
ChairfaceChippendalesays...Navy Faction but still very tech 1.
BoneRemakesays...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.
mxxconsays...>> ^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
mxxconsays...that thing looks like my toilet after taco night
kceaton1says...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"
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'Railgun, Navy, Boom' to 'Railgun, Navy, Boom, mass driver' - edited by xxovercastxx
xxovercastxxsays...>> ^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.
VoodooVsays...*dead
siftbotsays...This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by VoodooV.
siftbotsays...Awarding eric3579 with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.
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