RAILGUN PROJECT: need help

**Dalton_turner** · December 10th, 2013, 02:18 PM

Hey, I am new to this forum. I am 16 years old and working on a AP physics final project. I have attempted to make a rail-gun. I have has no success. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and God bless

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**Flick Montana** · December 10th, 2013, 02:28 PM

I can't personally help you with this, but I have seen numerous website which offer tutorials and blueprints for making rail guns as well as YouBoob videos of people firing them.

**Lynx_Fox** · December 10th, 2013, 08:30 PM

Also pay a lot of attention to safety. Most designs rely on capacitor which can be quite dangerous. Better to have a low power rail gun than you've optimized through some objective testing then something slapped together or getting hurt.

**Bad Robot** · December 10th, 2013, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by Flick Montana

I can't personally help you with this, but I have seen numerous website which offer tutorials and blueprints for making rail guns as well as YouBoob videos of people firing them.

Did someone mention Youtube? (Instructions below) Many youtube videos you can get a quick sample by holding your curser on the video you are interested in before selecting one.

youtube rail gun builder - Bing Videos

**ChaosD.Ace** · December 13th, 2013, 08:25 AM

Woah, hold up do you mean a Proper Railgun or just a little, mini proof of concept experiment?

**Flick Montana** · December 13th, 2013, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by ChaosD.Ace

Woah, hold up do you mean a Proper Railgun or just a little, mini proof of concept experiment?

Since he said he's 16 and not working in a top secret facility for Raytheon, I'm assuming he means a proof of concept.

**ChaosD.Ace** · December 16th, 2013, 03:17 AM

Wasnt there a guy who made a nuclear reactor in his basement to try to get into MIT (and he wasnt accepted), Michion Kaku made a particle accelerator in his mums garage in his teens, and I like to formulate next genration weapons, so you never really know these days.

**Pi55** · December 18th, 2013, 08:14 PM

This seems like a cool project, BUT GET APPROVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Bad Robot** · December 18th, 2013, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by ChaosD.Ace

Wasn't there a guy who made a nuclear reactor in his basement to try to get into MIT (and he wasn't accepted), Michion Kaku made a particle accelerator in his mums garage in his teens, and I like to formulate next generation weapons, so you never really know these days.

Video below claims to show the worlds smallest rail gun.

World's Smallest Railgun - YouTube