coilgun

A coilgun takes aim at his position and destroys the ship.

One main obstacle in coilgun design is switching the power through the coils.

In 1990, a kilometer-long coilgun was proposed for launch of small satellites.

In 1934, an American inventor developed a machine gun similar in concept to the coilgun.

Mass drivers are based on the coilgun design, adapted to accelerate a non-magnetic object.

There are two main types or setups of a coilgun: single-stage and multistage.

Some Magog aboard their Worldship are armed with coilgun personal weapons.

A single-stage coilgun uses one electromagnet to propel a projectile.

For instance, see coilgun and railgun.

ETC requires much less energy input from outside sources, like a battery, than a railgun or a coilgun would.

The helical railgun is a cross between a railgun and a coilgun.

A multistage coilgun uses several electromagnets in succession to progressively increase the speed of the projectile.

Another significant limitation of the coilgun is the occurrence of magnetic saturation in the ferromagnetic projectile.

David Weber's Honor Harrington series depicts automatic weapons that fire flechettes in a manner similar to a coilgun.

The first operational coilgun was developed and patented by Norwegian physicist Kristian Birkeland.

A mass driver is essentially a coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetizable holder containing a payload.

Electromagnetic catapult (railgun, coilgun) (an electric gun)

In 2011, development was proposed of an 81mm coilgun mortar to operate with a hybrid-electric version of the future Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

This type of coilgun is formed like the solenoid used in an electromechanical relay, i.e. a current-carrying coil which will draw a ferromagnetic object through its center.

The electrical resistance of the coils and the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the current source are among other limits to the efficiency of a coilgun.

The energy that is stored in this field does not simply disappear from the magnetic circuit once the capacitor finishes discharging, instead returning to the coilgun's electric circuit.

An experimental 45-stage DARPA coilgun mortar design is 22% efficient, with 1.6 megajoules KE delivered to a round.

The coilgun would be relatively silent with no smoke giving away its position, though a coilgun projectile would still create a sonic boom if supersonic.

For ferromagnetic projectiles, a single stage coilgun can be formed by a coil of wire, an electromagnet, with a ferromagnetic projectile placed at one of its ends.

Humans have access to their ship, the Spirit of Fire, and its special abilities, such as a powerful coilgun called a M.A.C. (Magnetic Accelerator Cannon).