Railgun Physics A Railgun Requires More Electricity Than You Think
Hello there Today we re diving into the physics of a railgun How much current do you need to operate one To answer that, we re taking a look at a railgun sniper rifle from the game Planetside 2 What do you want me to study next Tell me in the comments You can also catch me live at Notes : 1) There s a mistake (there had to be one getting through the cracks, I : When I apply the formula for the current, I use the diameter of the rails instead of the radius. Instead of plugging in 7mm, I should have pluged in 3. 5mm. The corrected result is then 155kA. (Thanks u, Vulturay on Reddit). 2) I forgot to mention the muzzle velocity of the RailJack. In the game, the muzzle velocity of the rifle is 850m, s (you need that info to calculate the current). 3) The result obtained is consistent with the result obtained from the Python simulation you can find here : 4)
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