Shockologist Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Hello everyone. I am building a coil gun and I have come to a dilemma, which brings me here. For the most part every coil gun I have seen uses a projectile similar to a bullet and a barrel. Why has no one used a projectile thats a foil shaped ring riding on the outside of the barrel instead of a bullet on the inside. I'm considering testing this on a small scale to see if it travels farther/faster. I believe that a ring that rides directly over the coils would have a better magnetic attraction. Which leads me to a few questions; is there a greater magnetic field on the inside of a coil opposed to the outside of a coil? Do you believe a O shaped bullet would fly well, or would it tumble and be inaccurate? Is this a good idea or a waste of metal? Any comments, ideas, ect are welcome, thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 is there a greater magnetic field on the inside of a coil opposed to the outside of a coil? Ideally, there is no field outside of a coil. But in reality, there are an equal number of flux lines, but they are spread out over a larger volume. The field is stronger inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenchiverton Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Hello everyone. I am building a coil gun and I have come to a dilemma, which brings me here. For the most part every coil gun I have seen uses a projectile similar to a bullet and a barrel. Why has no one used a projectile thats a foil shaped ring riding on the outside of the barrel instead of a bullet on the inside. I'm considering testing this on a small scale to see if it travels farther/faster. I believe that a ring that rides directly over the coils would have a better magnetic attraction. Which leads me to a few questions; is there a greater magnetic field on the inside of a coil opposed to the outside of a coil? Do you believe a O shaped bullet would fly well, or would it tumble and be inaccurate? Is this a good idea or a waste of metal? Any comments, ideas, ect are welcome, thanks ! this ones been showen in a youtube video induction coil device allso i had the design for one it involved induceing current from your coil into the alliuminium ring thus the diagmagnetism causes the alliuminium ring to shoot upwards . the coil is induceing the current into the ring so it works good and like levitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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