This is the friend mentioned in the first post.
In response to bassplayer - Both my friend and I do exceptionally well in school. We are currently enrolled in physics and other advanced placement courses and don't have any intention of dropping out of school. We both do a lot of learning...
sweet! thanks!
Medical insurance sounds good. I think maybe we will assemble the capacitors/railgun in a house next door to the ER!
thanks a bunch!
~diabloizzle
Thanks for all the help and the links guys!
We have made two capacitors so far-both out of seran and aluminum foil. We tried wrapping them up in a tight roll (very sloppy job might i add) and did not get very good results. We also tried using 4 and 6 layers of aluminum that were connectected...
Okay- well my friend and I are juniors in high school. We have not actually built anything this big with circuits. We are the kind of kids who usually get half way through a project (go-kart, M&M counter, laser show, etc...) and then drop it. But not this time! We have always been pretty...
Hello all! I just registered on physics forums and already have many questions!
First of all (lets start with just one) my friend and i are attempting to build a homemade railgun. We are tying to make it completely by ourselves - nothing bought besides the materials needed. Since massive...