PermalinkSubmitted by Slydev on November 9, 2018 - 18:02
Would heavier payloads have a lower velocity with the railgun?
A lot of these cool things haven't been considered in the MVP as we are just putting together a basic system but moving onthe V2 we will have to get all of this information together (along with what we have learnt from the MVP) to make a complete version that works with the simulation. Exciting stuff.
PermalinkSubmitted by NeerajA on November 12, 2018 - 13:36
Most likely. As the railgun has a multiplier effect on the intial eplosive launch velocity, even a small decrease in initial velocity could have a significant effect on final launch velocity.
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Would heavier payloads have a lower velocity with the railgun?
A lot of these cool things haven't been considered in the MVP as we are just putting together a basic system but moving onthe V2 we will have to get all of this information together (along with what we have learnt from the MVP) to make a complete version that works with the simulation. Exciting stuff.
Most likely
Most likely. As the railgun has a multiplier effect on the intial eplosive launch velocity, even a small decrease in initial velocity could have a significant effect on final launch velocity.