05-18-2016, 07:30 PM
(05-18-2016, 07:02 PM)Rahizel Wrote:There were multiple periods of time where nearly no worthwhile technological advancements were made. Plus, you didn't even help answer my question.(05-18-2016, 06:26 PM)kawaiiChiimera 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.In the 33rd century I'm sure that singularity would be achieved or resources would be much too sparse, and a gauss weapon would be looked af how we look at slingshots today, a toy...
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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.
Assuming that the idea of toys even lasts that long.
Also, did I mention this is going on a two metric ton suit of armor? Recoil wont be an issue up to insanely high rates of fire, such as 3000rpm, what with the (relatively) small rounds and very heavy apparatus.
Edit: I did the math and that's enough to make the suit accelerate at about 1-1.5m/s backwards, discounting friction. :O
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So the joules per bullet is (1/2)mv^2, and the average bullet mass is .02-.04kg, and say its accelerated to 3000m/s. That gives each bullet a kinetic energy of 135000 joules.
The energy is imparted in 1/3000's of a minute, or 1/50'th of a second at 3000RPM. So 135KJ per 1/50th of a second is 6.75MW (joules per second), just for the coilgun firing mechanism, assuming perfect reliability and efficiency.
aww ye math
(man that was a clusterfuck)
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How much power could a miniature aneutronic fusion reactor output? A MW isn't a small amount of power...
Energy use will decrease exponentially with a smaller rate of fire, too...