Single Stage Coil Gun
This is my second attempt at building a coil gun. It's single stage, magazine feed, Bolt action, and roughly 100 joules.
Overview:
This coil gun runs on a 5AH 12V sealed lead acid battery. the battery powers a 100w power inverter that feeds a 3 stage voltage multiplier. The output of the multiplier is then connected to a capacitor bank that is being monitored by a voltmeter. The cap. bank is rated for about 450v but, usually never gets above 400v. When the trigger is pulled, the two high current solid state relays are turn on sending the energy stored in the cap. bank to the drive coil.
Future Plans:
- Increase power output(obviously)
- Add second stage
- select fire (semi, auto, etc)
- variable power output
Second Stage Test
This is a test of the second stage. I'm using an IR sensor to detect the bullet and fire the coil.