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i am attempting to make my first coilgun. i have made successful low power solenoids in the past but never a coil gun. Here's the plan. I am going to make this boost converter to get 24DVDC to 450VDC to charge up a bank of 500V 1500uF capacitors. I plan on using 14awg square magnet wire on a 4" pvc pipe. does all this sound right? please advise on any problems. also, some help on how this schematic works would be great as well. i have the general idea down, and all the parts on their way, but i have to admit, the actual schematic is quite daunting. thanks for all comments and advice
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how many layers should i put on this 1/2" pipe, because that's not very long at all. in fact that seems really short, all of the other powerful guns i've seen have been longer coils than that
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What is your total energy storage? (Energy = 1/2 * Cap Voltage * Capacitance in Farads) In addition, how many urns / layers are you going to use for your coil? The reason why I ask is that 14AWG just may be too small, depending on its inductance and how much energy you dump into it. My 96-turn 10AWG (!!!) currently dissipates over 50% of the input energy, with a peak current of 6150A and an input energy of 1903.5J.
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