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postheadericon DIY garage railgun

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Colorado Springs, CO maker Ravi Gaddipati has been working on a railgun for the better part of a year. The photo above shows a shot from version one -- with the projectile going plasma! Now he's now working on version two, which packs an even more impressive capacitor bank -- forty caps each rated at 400v and 3900µf.

Interested in learning more? Check out Ravi's fascinating build log and Flickr page.

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