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Navy funds research on electric rail gun

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Travellar

posted on Apr, 14 2006 @ 04:13 PM
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nope, I'm afraid not. A railgun is very different from any normal type of magnetic coil. It relies on the field developed in less than a single loop, and it's repulsive effect against itself, rather than any form of attractive effect.

www.powerlabs.org...

Great description and diagrams there.



 
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