Make a poweful (green) railgun!

Step 1: Obtain parts

Here is a parts list:
1)capacitor bank. I used 18 400v 3900uf capacitor's in parallel. This comes out to 5600 joules. Make sure you stay above 300v, and below 600v.
These are harmless to the enviornment. They are aluminum based.
2)busbars. I used aluminum.
3)3 120uf 300v capacitors.
4) 60A 600v diodes
5)cable's. I used 00 AWG
6)rails. Copper bars here
7) 2"x.5"x12" aluminum.
8)projectiles. Make it close tolerance.
9) A railgun enclosure. I suggest designing your own. It should have a .5" bore, with strong materials.
Mines GREEN! both ways!
Email me if you want a design ([e-mail])
10) misc. support equipment.
11)PVC for injector. Use your own design. Look up "spudgun" for ideas.

Comments

[REA]

just currious, what would happen if you were to use a 9000uf capacitor? =D

[M4industries]

The microfarads would not be OVER 9000!

[Tobor 2.0]

Random railgun scientist: Vageta, what does the farad meter say about it's power level?
Vageta: IT'S OVER 9000!

[evilmadcow]

:p
asdf!

[drozzle]

Really, that's not that big.

[Nicholai]

with enough of them, PWNAGE!

[REA]

hmm... only problem is it would take an enormous amount of energy to charge it. but the space/time shattering power would be simply beautiful!

[Tobor 2.0]

got dat right!

[geek10102]

WHERE YOU GET THOSE CAPS AT MAN THEY DONT COME CHEAP DO THEY I'VE LOOKED

[ponolee]

It all depends where u buy them
The humongous ones can cost like 50 each

[rp181]

I got some of them for 6 dollars each at alltronics.com. The rest were from a sponsor.

[geek10102]

thx your a life saver