I want to thank you all for this lively discussion. Once I get back to this project, hopefully some of the unknowns shall become clear. But today I've arrived to town (Vancouver, BC), to a hospital tomorrow morning... and a hope of a quick return to my rural home. I am not much of a city person.
I'm reminded of an "Electrothermal gun" that had been posted to the spudfiles forum:QuoteThe ETH have a 12mm smooth-bore barrel that is screwed into a steel chamber with a electrode that goes threw a insulator in the end, the power is then feed into that electrode and threw the aluminium-powder.
The ETH have a 12mm smooth-bore barrel that is screwed into a steel chamber with a electrode that goes threw a insulator in the end, the power is then feed into that electrode and threw the aluminium-powder.
So, is that like a thermite reaction in an enclosed space?
So, is that like a thermite reaction in an enclosed space? I gotta have one of those!
There is no question that combustion of a fuel of some kind increases the performance.... and the working pressures.... of a firearm.... Designing around those pressures, especially if you don't know that they are.... is something I have no interest in experimenting with.... HPA is dangerous enough, thanks....Bob