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CommissarCold
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Good afternoon.
As part of a personal hobby, I've been trying to design a relatively small projectile that can travel at 'bullet speed' (say, a .22 caliber bullet fired from an appropriately sized gun).
I understand that the overwhelming majority of mass-produced bullets today come in a small variety of bullet lengths and diameters, and tend to be conical in shape. I also understand that the smaller an object gets, the more viscous air is relative to it as it travels. Finally, I understand bullets lose a small amount of their material as they travel, which could result in smaller bullets disintegrating before reaching their target if they were shot with the intent of going at the same speed and distance of larger bullets.
Suppose, for the sake of argument, that I had a high quality metal or plastic 3d printer and wanted to make a projectile roughly as large as a bee stinger, and that I intended to launch that projectile to travel the same speed and distance as an average .22 caliber bullet.
Are there any resources out there that provide novel equations and published experiments from others with similar ambitions to guide me in the right direction towards narrowing down a list of materials and shapes that would successfully result in such a projectile?
Thanks.
As part of a personal hobby, I've been trying to design a relatively small projectile that can travel at 'bullet speed' (say, a .22 caliber bullet fired from an appropriately sized gun).
I understand that the overwhelming majority of mass-produced bullets today come in a small variety of bullet lengths and diameters, and tend to be conical in shape. I also understand that the smaller an object gets, the more viscous air is relative to it as it travels. Finally, I understand bullets lose a small amount of their material as they travel, which could result in smaller bullets disintegrating before reaching their target if they were shot with the intent of going at the same speed and distance of larger bullets.
Suppose, for the sake of argument, that I had a high quality metal or plastic 3d printer and wanted to make a projectile roughly as large as a bee stinger, and that I intended to launch that projectile to travel the same speed and distance as an average .22 caliber bullet.
Are there any resources out there that provide novel equations and published experiments from others with similar ambitions to guide me in the right direction towards narrowing down a list of materials and shapes that would successfully result in such a projectile?
Thanks.