05-18-2016, 06:26 PM
(05-18-2016, 04:54 PM)Rahizel Wrote:This is 33rd century tech, so a lot of it is pretty much artistic license. Its more for close range (2m-100m) so accuracy is not much of an issue. The barrels would be made of dense, durable metal (think titanium carbide), about half a meter long, and would probably have four to six EM coils of extremely low resistance on each.(05-18-2016, 04:50 PM)kawaiiChiimera Wrote: Optimal rate of fire for a three barreled coilminigun?That's like asking "how fast do cars go"
Show me a design brief complete with specifications of coil size, barrel length, slug size, and materials used.
Any info is better than nothing.
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The projectiles would probably be small, more for puncturing armor than rending flesh (which it'll do anyways), optimized for coilgun use and supersonic velocities.
edit2: Also, we have warm (not hot) superconductors and super capacitors far exceeding the energy density and output of modern explosives.