[veloce851]

Noticed this on Slashdot http://www.pskovinfo.ru/coilgun/

Sounds like it would be a fun project :)

Has anyone ever played around with something like this?

[P95Carry]

Interesting system ...... based I'd guess pretty much on same principle as ''rail gun'' except here just one big wallop from one coil .... instead of a sequential coil chain.

Doubt it can be developed much further and a tad bulky but ... kudos to the designer anyways.

[telomerase]

>based I'd guess pretty much on same principle as ''rail gun'' except here just one big wallop from one coil .... instead of a sequential coil chain.

Technically, a rail gun doesn't use a sequential coil chain, it just uses a rail. (But I think the designs that work the best do use sequential coils.)