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Science Lethal Water Gun, [engineering design]

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SUSedmunz
post Mar 24 2010, 08:17 PM

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QUOTE(rafazafar @ Mar 21 2010, 03:00 AM)
the simplest but still not very small (and very dangerous) is to use a railgun method of acceleration. of course you need some metal (like a small pin) to be in the ice, but after that, ur good to go.

the thing is due to terminal velocity and normal drag force applied by the ice surface, the range of the bullet wont be far.

but what if it was very impure water, like some substance holding the water together, imagine those small jelly water balls travelling at 300m/s. they hold shape better. and they definitely dont leave a damn trace.

bit of calculations : max initial velocity of a 4mm jelly ball. (rough est.)
=sqrt((2x9.81x)/(1.184x4xPix0.004^2))
= 287.03 m/s
~bout 260-270m/s (max initial velocity) after taking into account drag constant.

so, it can travel bout... (yadda yadda yadda..) ~ 0-20 meters effective range. (kinda near right)

hmm... so. all we need is an explosive behind it and 'water shotguns' will be a reality.

Air guns would work well too, but speeds will only reach about 140m/s. basically same principle as paintball gun.
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if u put metal ball inside the ice.. and during the firing wouldn't da heat generated melt the ice.. railgun used megawatt, imagine the heat produce by it

 

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