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Re: pic: 108 Gun Teaser

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Originally Posted by Chriszuma
I don't get it... How does the ball get accelerated?
Belts (that aren't shown) line the sides of the gun, two pulleys aren't shown either. The belts will spin ridiculously fast and out will come a ball at (hopefully) 12 m/s in a relatively straight line. We hope....

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P.S. the estimated acceleration of the ball is 283 ish m/s^2.
time spent in barrel = .064 seconds.
at that rate, it should take only 293 hours, 46 minutes, and 41.17 seconds to reach the speed of light.
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