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> In conventional guns, a bullet loses velocity from the moment the gunpowder ignites and sends it flying. The railgun projectile instead gains speed as it trav
by matt-attack 10y ago
> In conventional guns, a bullet loses velocity from the moment the gunpowder ignites and sends it flying. The railgun projectile instead gains speed as it travels the length of a 32-foot barrel..
This is incorrect. Most cartridges are design so that the projectile accelerates for the entire length of the barrel.
- hooloovoo_zoo 10y agoPerhaps the author meant the bullet loses acceleration over the length of the barrel?
- foota 10y agoBased on the fact that they state the railgun is different in that it gains speed over during the time in the barrel, it seems like the author just doesn't gun physics.
- geon 10y agoIt is logically false, since if it was true, the acceleration would have to be instantaneous.