A while back, we posted an awesome DIY railgun created by a fellow named David Wirth. I stand by what I said, it’s super awesome. However, it seems they’re also becoming more common. You see, one “Ziggy Zee” has actually gone and constructed a huge electromagnetic railgun that fires rounds with 27,000 joules, from scratch. One joule is approximately the quantity of energy required to lift an apple about one meter against Earth’s gravity.
For the inexperienced, a railgun “uses present to produce extreme electromagnetic fields that propel a conductive projectile to high speeds,” describes Zee’s YouTube post. Zee’s railgun weighs 250 pounds and has 56 480-joule capacitors that make up the power supply. If you think that’s a lot of power, you’re right.
Ziggy Zee improved the shooting ability of his high-velocity Do It Yourself weapon by checking its shooting potential sometimes in a field. In the very first launch, he confesses that “connections required to be secured much better versus the severe magnetic forces.” After several attempts, the YouTube clip reveals the railgun pulverizing an item from afar. Railguns are frequently developed and made use of by the US navy, but as previously mentioned, more and more people are making them at home for fun.
Utilizing the gun to blast an object to oblivion might look entertaining (or just plain crazy), from a distance. But kindly, don’t try this in or around your home.
