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Originally Posted by lukevanoort
Rail Gun. Alright, they're a bit small, depending on your number and desired power. Then again, they might be just fine and I'm just crazy... most likely the latter, I had a railgun design I was going to make for Physics extra credit that had a theoretical 1MW output.  |
Actually.... if you tied these all in parallel and got a large wound electromagnet, put a steel magnetized ring over a pole, and discharged the caps into the magnet, it will shoot up pretty dang far!
btw can't take all the credit for that, i saw it at the carnegie science museum.
-Q