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@theHacksmith 2 жыл бұрын

For your chance to win $100k and support a great cause, go to www.omaze.com/hacksmith

@Villager6883 2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@tnterror8085 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@Healthandwealth9422 2 жыл бұрын

Omaze is cancer

@professorgoose7042 2 жыл бұрын

Honkers

@josephbingham6533 2 жыл бұрын

Did the government come knocking at your door saying they need this weapon🤣

@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 жыл бұрын

"It is still the coolest thing I have ever built" You've built a lot of cool things, so that means a lot dude

@cringekiller348 2 жыл бұрын

Verified spammer ✔✔✔✔

@dreamingclouddreams2981 2 жыл бұрын

funny how this guy can post any regular ol' joe comment and it still gets 10k likes

@dggyttggyhgzde1501 2 жыл бұрын

@@cringekiller348 I think they’re just someone who watches videos on KZfaq a lot

@CrispyFwy 2 жыл бұрын

@Selmon Bhoi not verified and not a bot

@ninjahunterx7497 2 жыл бұрын

@@cringekiller348 Wrong in both takes.

@1106pang 2 жыл бұрын

That actually looks like something that would be correctly scaled to a spartan, nice work!

@jamawilliams685 2 жыл бұрын

wtf

@Jermain-cz4bh 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamawilliams685 a spartan is a master chief

@JS-kc1tm 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jermain-cz4bh a master chief is a spartan

@randomideas250 2 жыл бұрын

@@JS-kc1tm master spartan is a chief

@Takon_pilot 2 жыл бұрын

@@randomideas250 master chef

@roorahclark5869 Жыл бұрын

genuinely impressed by its fire rate

@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 Жыл бұрын

The only limitation is how fast you can get the coils to pulse

@meateaw Жыл бұрын

@@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 and the heat build up in your coils :)

@breadtoast1036 5 ай бұрын

i was actually shocked at my own disappointment sadly, its a wonderful project thats complex and hard to do however this type of technology is already at firearm levels this looked and felt like an over sized version of a real coilgun, like it was a nerfed up gun im a little worried at the cost of the project

@zachow1988 2 жыл бұрын

Canada: we have restrictions on projectiles for homemade weapons. US: Hold my beer.

@2peoples785 2 ай бұрын

America 🇺🇸

@Dismythed 2 жыл бұрын

The thing with bullets is that they are negatively impacted by air resistance, causing them to tumble. But that is because they have no fletchings because in order to produce the explosive resistance necessary to launch a bullet, you need the bullet casing to be flush in the barrel. But gauss weapons do not have that issue. So to produce a proper and accurate gauss gun, you need projectiles with fletchings. They don't need to be big since the projectile is small. I believe you could get away with using 2mm tall feathered wire fletchings. Also, with a pointier tip (even just a ballpoint tip), they could actually break something. This will also take that load off the magnets. (The magnets will do less work.) I suggest slightly skinnier -tungsten- (rather hardened compressed powder steel) projectiles with fletchings and pointed tips.

@ARockyRock 2 жыл бұрын

Boost

@koenv4367 2 жыл бұрын

Prototype V4 coming in 3 years xD

@KaitoSound 2 жыл бұрын

Dear God I can see the Future where gunpowder is obsolete

@radonsider9692 2 жыл бұрын

Just like an APFS projectile? (I changed it to avoid confusion. Not everyone is into about ground vehicles/projectiles)

@thehighground7732 2 жыл бұрын

@@radonsider9692 all you really need is the fin stabilized part. The discarding sabot could work, but it would be a tradeoff as you would sacrifice magazine capacity and cost by including it, but it could help stabilize the round more in the barrel.

@randomgoogleaccount4868 2 жыл бұрын

You break in this warehouse, you’re probably going to see an Iron Man, halo soldiers, rail gun wielding interns, and super-weapons

@amosgodwin3921 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Hitlercat233 2 жыл бұрын

If i break in this warehouse i Will die

@JumpinEbin 2 жыл бұрын

And light sabers

@thenewgroundskage864 2 жыл бұрын

Naw you break into that warehouse you gon see god

@mustard_packets_revenge 2 жыл бұрын

@@himanish.b4583 you are right lfamo

@concealedw3ap0n95 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if having thin copper or brass piping with vents along the side of the coils, which would then be filled by high-pressure co2 cartridges after every mag is emptied, would help. The idea behind this is that the co2 comes out extremely cold, and could act as a very quick way to cool down the coils. Alternatively, adding aluminium heat sinks might work

@nebulisnoobis102 4 ай бұрын

Wasn’t the point for it to be a purely electrically powered weapon?

@lightningslayer100 Жыл бұрын

You can really tell on how creative this gun really is. You guys were amazing.

@ozpin8329 2 жыл бұрын

"Due to Canadian laws, we had to make it less powerful than we hoped." I ended up going to the Mythbusters closing tour when they went around the country to promote the final season. Adam said his favorite thing was the water heater explosions they would do at Alameda. He revealed that they had told the FAA that the water heaters wouldn't go higher than 500 ft in the air, when in truth every single one of them cleared over a thousand.

@redsquirrelftw 2 жыл бұрын

You know your water heater experiment is serious when you have to get the FAA involved. lol.

@sniperpaddy3271 2 жыл бұрын

@@redsquirrelftw wait until Elon Musk gets interested.

@tekknorat 2 жыл бұрын

Due to Canadian tyrannic laws, it should be made more powerful, to get through the armored vehicles they use against peaceful protesters.

@chilomine839 2 жыл бұрын

So I'm guessing Canada laws are hard capping how much advancement Hacksmith's "toys" are able to evolve.

@nitroxylictv 2 жыл бұрын

@@tekknorat like the ones in trucks and tractors in all seriousness, fuck canadian laws

@Memilish 2 жыл бұрын

Man I love Charles, his is just the right blend of simple enthusiasm and ability to casually disregard risks of things catching on fire to progress humanity's knowledge of energy weapons.

@Imaboss8ball 2 жыл бұрын

They don't progress anything. They haven't actually done anything impressive or done any complicated engineering.

@john.dough. 2 жыл бұрын

@@Imaboss8ball ok show me your energy weapon

@justaguycalledjosh 2 жыл бұрын

@@Imaboss8ball people like you are a prime reason why KZfaq shouldn't have removed the dislikes.

@Imaboss8ball 2 жыл бұрын

@@john.dough. I don't have one and neither do they. They have a toy.

@XiaoYueMao 2 жыл бұрын

they really haven't progressed anything, the US military made prototypes of just this weapon decades ago, its just impractical and easy to break at such a small scale. the US literally already have large scale rail guns on a couple of their prototype battleships that can level entire buildings lol

@BigWheel. Жыл бұрын

I'm genuinely excited for the future of small arms development. There's real companies attempting to make viable hand held rail gun type weapons. Maybe in my lifetime I'll be able to buy one to experience how different it is from regular firearms.

@ianflanagan8744 Жыл бұрын

Should build a Gauss warthog, those use coil gun tech instead of railgun gun tech. Also you could use the cars alternator, solar panels and thermocouple around the muzzle to recharge the capacitor bank. Additional charging could come from Regenerative braking and piezoelectric in the suspension.

@johnfeistner467 11 ай бұрын

Don't forget to toss in a couple wind turbines to get some extra power from the airflow around the vehicle as it moves around the battlefield

@jwilliams3170 2 жыл бұрын

I love how at the end you acknowledge the shortcomings but also celebrate just how cool this is. You guys already have something really cool and are on your way to something even cooler

@senavicente 2 жыл бұрын

In 30 years... it will be combatively viable

@juannavarro8497 2 жыл бұрын

"Engineering is hard". So true, as a repair technician who fixes almost everything at component level, I can understand that perfectly. But what you made here is simply amazing! A railgun with this power, capacity and so little (and fixable) flaws is incredible. You guys have built some really crazy stuff, the dream of any nerdy tech guy like me hahah! There's so much fun and potential for projects like this one, so keep it up and strive even higher! This weapon looks so amazing and the way it works is so interesting, a job amazingly done for sure.

@MrCumberlander1 2 жыл бұрын

Coilgun, not railgun.

@veggyking3024 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrCumberlander1 came here to say the same thing coils not rails

@Hellsong89 2 жыл бұрын

Well fixable yes, but little.. potentially but more likely they just didnt show us everything that went wrong just most explodi parts of it.

@smmfdftbh Жыл бұрын

Also this is probably one of the coolest channels out there. I love seeing new technology

@LeviAnimator Жыл бұрын

master chief gives up for the first time reloading his weapon after YEARS 14:05

@Wolfencreek 2 жыл бұрын

Canada: Lets Hacksmith Industries build a Mech Also Canada: "No Magnet Guns for you!"

@jackv2054 2 жыл бұрын

Thank Trudeau

@gnat5166 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Canadian gun laws lol

@darkrootox 2 жыл бұрын

Next thing you know they'll be taking our trucks away

@kerradeph 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackv2054 The firearms manufacturing laws have been in place WAY before Trudeau was in office.

@t.c.b4722 2 жыл бұрын

@@darkrootox A truck travelling at speed has far more joules of energy, so yep.

@danielfiene7770 2 жыл бұрын

"Building the Coilgun was the easy part. What took us so long was relocating the Hacksmith workshop to our purpose-built artificial island in international waters off the coast of Newfoundland to circumvent Canadian weapon legislation."

@jeremiahbullfrog1844 Жыл бұрын

THE CHUCKY DOLL WITH "where is your chuck key?".... IM DYING!!!

@feroxbigfoot1568 4 ай бұрын

If this guy ever goes insane, he would probably make a alien spaceship and take over the world.

@GENcELL2014 2 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend potting the coils in a thermal resin and using a battery that is in parallel with an ultracapacitor bank, oh and do a build in the US so you aren't limited on power 😅

@darrenshepherd3984 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand a word until the emoji but your probably right. Everyone seems way smarter than me nowadays.😀

@Andrew-th8jk 2 жыл бұрын

The last part is so true. They basically built a unique pellet gun.

@foxracerdrew 2 жыл бұрын

I bet demolition ranch would love to do that collab.

@ZigaZagu 2 жыл бұрын

>do a build in the US so you aren't limited on power That's fucked

@GENcELL2014 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZigaZagu Why? If they can make it actually powerful here(US), than why not? I'd be interested to see how capable they can make one instead of being forced to tone it down because of Canadian laws.

@Ari-elle-420 2 жыл бұрын

I think the only thing that would really improve this aside from just increasing power would be adding rifling or a type of fletching on the ammunition to keep it from tumbling. It would be way more accurate

@xavierx354 2 жыл бұрын

you can stabilize it with fins

@cipher0325 2 жыл бұрын

So sort of like a sabot round

@TheAshran 2 жыл бұрын

use flechettes, and maybe have a small capacitor bank connected to a magazine rail so you can use a mini railgun to accelerate the proyectile into the coils. Tho I dont know of a capacitor small enough and still have enough juice to be useful for that. Hmmm.

@FactoryofRedstone 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAshran You can't really mix rail guns and coil guns, because one needs a ferromagnetic projectile and the other won't work with a ferromagnetic one. If you want to pre-accelerate the projectile I would recommend a linear electric motor. Also building a proper rifled barrel that runs the full length of the gun, maybe out of fiberglass or carbon, so that it doesn't interfere with the magnetic field too much would really improve the accuracy. Making fins is also an idea, but difficult, as they need to fit in the mag and through the barrel.

@cipher0325 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAshran at that point it would just be simpler and cheaper to make the railgun bigger and more powerful

@Unknown-rz6qm Жыл бұрын

Me- Just make it 152.3 16:40

@masonchampion3491 Жыл бұрын

I would like to see y’all come to the USA and build one with out any predetermined limitations holding back the full potential of what this stroke of genuine genius could be.

@retrosoul- 2 жыл бұрын

Charles REALLY has that mad genius look in his eyes the whole time while developing this thing. Pretty sure he would have just built it for free if given the parts lmao.

@ateslabattery115 2 жыл бұрын

any sane engineer would

@jellafella6957 2 жыл бұрын

Engineer's are fueled by stimulants and the pure joy of something working correctly. Lock one in a room with all the parts to something and they'll probably finish it before trying to get out.

@reythjohnson5415 2 жыл бұрын

And he sounds like Ben Stiller too!

@Built_IRL 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant work mate. On top of the base functionality, every part is at such a high level of polish - the magazines, the aesthetic work, the ammo counter, and more. And to think I doubted that you'd even have full-auto!

@mattynek2 2 жыл бұрын

2 checkmarks

@ddevil4980 2 жыл бұрын

That didn't look full auto to me, looked like semiautomatic.

@azbittel 2 жыл бұрын

@@ddevil4980 Give the guy a break, its fully semi automatic at least. About as close as your average politician gets

@thecommenternobodycaresabout 2 жыл бұрын

@@ddevil4980 Are you referencing the "No Full Auto In Building" meme?

@ddevil4980 2 жыл бұрын

@The commenter nobody cares about no. I am saying the "rifle" they made isn't full auto. You said "and to think I doubted that you'd even have tull-auto."

@williamstroupe9272 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating, the key thing they aren't incorporating is making the bullet spin and rotate with rifling either at the end of the barrel or throughout.

@motonation6488 Жыл бұрын

This guy is a real g for spending years to build this

@Fluffyudders 2 жыл бұрын

So I just watched this video, and yesterday I watched a video about the first real coilgun prototype being tested. Very interesting to compare the two, as the Hacksmith version looks smaller, lighter, and has a considerably higher rate of fire, whereas the other one is much bulkier but also fires projectiles with power comparable to a real gun. I would love to see what this gun would be capable of without restrictions, mostly because I would be fascinated to see how a Hacksmith weapon would compare with a weapon that's actually had military funding!

@historyhub5389 2 жыл бұрын

When the Canadian government lets you own a laser but not a decently powered coilgun

@grahamnombit3024 2 жыл бұрын

You go to USA

@Han_Solo6712 2 жыл бұрын

If they didn’t have the restrictions Canada would hire them as a weapons manufacturer.

@bxvin9788 2 жыл бұрын

what is the video?

@Donotcare202 Жыл бұрын

@@historyhub5389 lol fac

@lynxf 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this kind of destructive genius is directed at something relatively harmless

@TheCorrodedMan 2 жыл бұрын

We need to put these guys on terraforming/colonization efforts. We’ll be a galactic civilization in a matter of days

@Taha_A 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCorrodedMan YES

@styrowrld6770 11 ай бұрын

@@TheCorrodedMan these guys need to be part of the military. Like not fighting, but just creating designs for weaponry.

@jeanremi8384 6 ай бұрын

a railgun, which is essencially what this is, is not safe. Still really cool tho

@Nathan-vt1jz 4 ай бұрын

He made a prototype railgun… it’s non-lethal at this stage of development, but as he said it’s only his second attempt at a new weapon technology.

@lZINGohNO Жыл бұрын

Bro who ever breaks into your house must be having a bad day

@sirhorse8387 Жыл бұрын

These guys should honestly pitch some weapons at the military

@billysalord5463 2 жыл бұрын

imagine a large scale version of this on the power loader

@maxryan3888 2 жыл бұрын

next video. we weaponised the power loader.

@extivus406 2 жыл бұрын

Canadian law says nay

@BremenSA 2 жыл бұрын

@@extivus406 I'm sure they could build the parts and head south for assembly and filming! I'm reliably informed by the internet everything is legal in the US.

@loganburrell2941 2 жыл бұрын

@@extivus406 just don’t listen to the law

@outbreakperfected5704 2 жыл бұрын

We created Pacific Rim in real life

@wskinnyodden 2 жыл бұрын

You need two sizes of coils so you can overlap them instead of having areas without magnetic field, like a slightly wider tube partially covering the end and beginning of the coils it's between. That should help.

@johndododoe1411 2 жыл бұрын

Not necessary, though narrower segments (like 26 half width) and turning on the next coil earlier to make the pull stronger. More tumbling can be fixed with a smooth plastic barrel passing through all the coils as a single piece. Removing projectiles from the mag should be done magnetically, not with springs.

@TheScarvig 2 жыл бұрын

@@johndododoe1411 i was under the impression that the loading piston was actuated by a solenoid...

@johndododoe1411 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheScarvig The magazine uses the spring system like in normal guns.

@lonzo344 2 жыл бұрын

@@johndododoe1411 The springs in the mag push the rounds upwards, where a piston then shoves them into the barrel. Even in normal firearms, the springs in the mag do not remove the cartridges- they push the rounds to where the bolt can pick them up and shove them into position.

@viralexplosion3449 2 жыл бұрын

while all of u wer discussing this, i was seeing how i cud pronounce his name

@kinrath1987 11 ай бұрын

I love how they crammed hundreds of hours of engineering work into an 18 minute video

@jihanzayed8621 Жыл бұрын

The military has to hire this guy

@colbyboucher6391 2 жыл бұрын

"Technology has advanced to the point where using any sort of black powder or explosive fuel seems downright silly" And yet in Halo the UNSC still uses 7.62 for some reason.

@absalomdraconis 2 жыл бұрын

Because batteries turn out to be even sillier.

@colbyboucher6391 2 жыл бұрын

@@absalomdraconis Yeah, but I've heard some gun nuts say that there's a reason the cartridge is less and less prominent even now.

@FaceFish9 2 жыл бұрын

@@colbyboucher6391 i mean they use very weird ammo for tanks aswell, best one can give as an explanation is that they found out a way to make the stopping power of 7.62 be better against the Covenant than the 5.56, that or it is much more easily manifactured in that universe, no other reasons i could come up with, but for the tank ammo.. yeah they use 90mm-105mm Tungsten rounds, 90mm HE in all but Halo 5, where the Scorpion was upgraded to shoot 150mm rounds from a electrothermal-chemical smoothbore cannon and even had a older style 90mm HE cannons fitted in it, and had some "electro" weapon in works the tank also goes only about 60-95km/h so it's not exactly amazingly fast or nimble for a 66ton or so tank of that era. so 7.62 isn't even the weirdest i've seen them in Halo universe, 90mm HE for anti-armor purposes is... yeah..

@Kai_Keller02 2 жыл бұрын

They also use 10 Guage shotgun munitions I stand corrected its even more ridiculous its 8 Guage

@2Potates 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kai_Keller02 8 gauge actually

@hansiminator69 2 жыл бұрын

This Halo-Thing is getting way better than I even thought! Great job!

@theboydiego5528 2 жыл бұрын

I love Halo

@terraplays7424 2 жыл бұрын

man makes military grade superweapons as a hobby

@shaquilleotmeal8755 2 жыл бұрын

If there was somebody to survive the zombie apocalypse it would be Hacksmith

@kerradeph 2 жыл бұрын

Have you guys considered working with someone that has a firearms manufacturing license to build something beyond what Canadian laws would allow the normal person to make? It would be cool to see what you could come up with when not being limited by projectile energy laws.

@spacebound1969 2 жыл бұрын

Good old Canadia, can't even build a damn airgun without the glowies trying to lock you up.

@Owy. 2 жыл бұрын

@@spacebound1969 I mean it's a lot safer to live here then it is in the USA where everyone own guns so we don't mind it to much at all

@5002strokeforever 2 жыл бұрын

@@Owy. any constitutional carry state is safer than Canada...

@Owy. 2 жыл бұрын

@@5002strokeforever you don't need a gun to be safe you just think you do

@Bobbias 2 жыл бұрын

@@Owy. I believe we actually own more firearms per capita than the US does. It's just that most of our guns are actually used for hunting or target shooting rather than killing people.

@rayk1544 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it looked a little low power for the theoretical abilities you could get from such a system. Only 5J of energy and such a low muzzle velocity restriction definitely is rough for such a project, though it did look very good. Maybe one day you guys can do a V3 build in the states where you don't need to worry about the same restrictions limiting how overkill you can go on the design. Best of luck on your future projects and progressing this design even further if you have the desire to.

@aurigo_tech 2 жыл бұрын

152 m/s is still a lot, faster than even the fastest modern crossbows. 5 J is not a lot, but even that can do quite a lot. I think they need to decrease projectile weight to only 1 or 2 gramms.

@Nick-sx6jm 2 жыл бұрын

@@kairi4640 Considering they probably live close to toronto or montreal they could just set something up in Michigan or Vermont and have it only be like an hour or two drive. Its legal everywhere in the US to build firearms at home with no need to inform the gov or any permits.

@Kaiwalski 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick-sx6jm as god intended 😎

@Nick-sx6jm 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kaiwalski Once the NFA, ATF, and GCA are repealed and some federal reciprocity laws are put in place then it will be as God intended.

@zacksram 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick-sx6jm bruh

@MrZebo12 Жыл бұрын

Your guys persistence and attention to detail is INSANE! Seriously it’s very inspiring to me, you’ve inspired me to stay persistent with a lot of projects I’ve done!

@raveeshgupta7056 Жыл бұрын

Why don't you make a circular accelerator to speed it up even more and then shoot it through the tangent

@Mr.Engine993 2 жыл бұрын

I've not seen anyone so happy with their invention even though it's not entirely perfect. Charles brightened my day with his excitement!

@Pwnagotchi-0 6 ай бұрын

16:40 you guys are like Superman but your only weakness is Canada 🇨🇦. 😂

@vikingoperator9873 Жыл бұрын

If you want projectile stability, either introduce rifling or make APFSDS rounds for it.

@pritampatra1595 2 жыл бұрын

Reduce the number of turns and use more thicker gauge copper wire as u move upward in the coil assembly in the rail gun... It will cause the projectile to move more quicker per coil sets...

@lordhelix3252 2 жыл бұрын

they mentioned they had to limit the projectile speed for legal reasons, but this would be awesome

@Paragon643 2 жыл бұрын

as they mentioned they are legally limited to how good it's allowed to work. I have some ideas on how to get it super sonic as i'm sure they do as well but they ain't allowed to sadly. Aka it's a bit of a toy just cause they ain't allowed to make it scary

@Spartan-Ben-204 2 жыл бұрын

Also spin stabilisation or more aerodynamic bullets would be good its keyholeing pretty badly

@shamarerskine3987 2 жыл бұрын

@@lordhelix3252 bro that law is bullshit tho

@lordhelix3252 2 жыл бұрын

@@shamarerskine3987 doesnt mean they can break it, laws are laws even if you thinj theyre stupid. They arent gonna broadcast themselves commiting a crime to millions of people on youtube

@poofpoof9940 2 жыл бұрын

My only sadness in this video was knowing the whole time theres already a waayyy more powerful commercially available version, but considering the legal constraints yall have come up with an amazibg alternative, and knowing you guys i immagine this thing is capable of being turned up a few notches 😅

@llamanodrama5432 2 жыл бұрын

I remember a Demolition ranch video showing a small sized railgun which fires coin like projectiles 4 months ago

@asterosthegreat8587 2 жыл бұрын

@@llamanodrama5432 Demolition ranch is in America though. So there is the biggest difference.

@MrKaiyooo 2 жыл бұрын

The main point is changing some sequencing maths and increasing the electricity.

@izayaorihara7059 2 жыл бұрын

Gib link

@bananageneral5217 2 жыл бұрын

There doing this within those restrictions so imagine if they could make it as powerful as they wanted

@MarkZuck3rb3rg 2 жыл бұрын

Every hacksmith episode: hey kids today we’ll be teaching you how to make weapons like light sabers, flamethrower, plasma rifles, and rail guns

@moxxitty Жыл бұрын

This is very well made, however I feel that the MA5 Halo assault rifle would be replicated in an airsoft like fashion as the platform is more expandable, You guys did awesome with this replica and i hope to see more like it, keep up the good work!!!

@KellenChase 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Came here from the “forgotten weapons” arcflash video. Looks like they used a bull pup design with a gap between the accelerator cascade and a… feeder accelerator. You mentioned not being able to feed them fast enough (initial velocity required into the cascade). I think that gap is how they are achieving that.

@Ifinallybeatmastermodeftwyey Жыл бұрын

I got here because of the stormbreaker vid.

@ArticJane 2 жыл бұрын

No matter how many different styles of railgun I see various KZfaqrs build over the years, I'm always happy to see them as they tend to be pretty heckin awesome. That and you guys rarely fail to make items that are amazing to look at and cool :D

@kreigguardsman3355 2 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder why we don’t use them more in the military

@Slye_Fox 2 жыл бұрын

This is a coilgun not a railgun.

@lucaswinsor4469 2 жыл бұрын

@@kreigguardsman3355 for exactly the reasons this video detailed. They're big, heavy, and cumbersome. They're unreliable. They require an inordinate amount of electricity to accelerate projectiles to lethal velocity. And honestly, Gunpowder based weapons are just better, in every possible way. The only time a rail/coil gun is better than a conventional gun is when we reach the ludicrous sizes involved in artillery, at which point the magnetic accelerator can actually impart similar force over the length of the barrel when you compare it to a gunpowder weapon of the same size.

@lucaswinsor4469 2 жыл бұрын

@@blise518B There may be very few moving parts, but electrical components still fail. The Ammunition may be cheap, but the firing mechanism and construction of the weapon itself are not. And there are no superconductors that can handle the heat things like this produce. Still, none of that is the main issue. out of everything I said, power/portability ratio is the most important problem. You just can't pack enough juice into one of these things to rival gunpowder weapons and still maintain a portable size. Electrical work has improved over the years, yes, but it's not on that level.

@rockyroadmagic4152 2 жыл бұрын

@@kreigguardsman3355 gunpowder weapons: cheap, mass produced, reliable, tough, simple, compact, works 24/7 as long as you have ammo which is cheap and mass produced coilgun (at least as shown in this prototype and most likely for others for at least the next few years): enormous, heavy, expensive, probably pretty delicate and would break if you dropped it or it rained or literally any weather event, doesn't have nearly as much power, requires electricity which you might not have enough of in the middle of some shithole jungle or desert to charge a hundred guns at a time (and if you did you would still leave a good portion of the troops weaponless for hours at a time) like the original commenter said. pretty heckin awesome and amazing to look at and cool. that's it. they're not supposed to be actual things you would use irl

@MrLdvo Жыл бұрын

I wish you guys could work with military support and film the whole development. You guys rock!

@sumalsebastian Жыл бұрын

that is a real achievement for your entire team.

@alexpegram1537 2 жыл бұрын

I always like how they say, “Getting pretty heavy.” I’m like “Have you seen the guys who carry these weapons.”

@chineseripoffofgod5210 2 жыл бұрын

Spartans can flip a tank, i'm not sure that a "pretty heavy" rifle is their biggest concern xd

@areus2016 2 жыл бұрын

lol spartans treat .50s like they are nerf guns, weight ain't an issue

@dan725 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm for the next one, try having the batteries in the rear. Usually when I go target shooting, I place weights on the stock to offset the weight of the barrel, so it makes handling the rifle a lot easier. This looks very front heavy! Still VERY cool!

@DonnyStanley 2 жыл бұрын

Some sort of combo cartridge that houses a battery and a rail magazine may be the best idea, you can store both in rear, and you get a fresh battery every time you reload ammo.

@zachsuedmeyer2526 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that, for the time being, you could make straight up kevlar body armor and hide batteries in there. idk if that is viable though

@oreoicecream1829 2 жыл бұрын

If this people have the budget of America's military they would probably recreate halo irl

@HexuIus Жыл бұрын

Damn, they made an entire railgun.

@redneckgamer2516 Жыл бұрын

He’s the kinda guy to buy a rifle and be like “this is inefficient”.

@jtbonilla7745 2 жыл бұрын

"why should we hire you" Mini rail gun "You start on Monday" Best skit ever.

@NathanBonsal 2 жыл бұрын

FyI since projectile speed is increasing with each coil, you need to make each coil shorter for shorter pulse duration and higher current, due to the decrease in projectile field duration. This should also mean each coil operates at a higher voltage, so the magnetic field switches faster and to a higher value. If each coil was just 10 percent shorter than the previous one, it would increase your efficiency by a LOT. You can also switch from one polarity with a big cap to the opposite polarity from a smaller cap, to force field collapse when you need to transit out of the coil into the next one. The projectile's field will still be present and you can push it out while the next coil pulls. The caps for this can be really small in value, like 10 percent or less that of the pull capacitor, because their only purpose is to reverse the field.

@dnxx503 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that makes sense also you need to 4x5 then (-65)+56=

@NoNo-ky9vi Жыл бұрын

You're also getting the projectial tumbling. The why modern guns over this is with rifling. Rifling allows the spin about length wise axis. Without a means get the projectile rotating the projectile will need to balanced over a 360 degree plane. To help lower the weight the increase in the power of the solenoid to hit the projectile faster. Another option is a pressured gas (not as stable and could lead to wide range of starting speeds.) But by increasing the first coil speed you could get a faster speed (but Canada says no) or to maintain current speed lower the amount coils needed.

@RealSou710 2 жыл бұрын

see in a apocalypse situation people like these guys would be so important

@alistairmooncrest5018 2 жыл бұрын

Charles has that mad look in his eyes that is absolutely required for something this awesome, yet clearly, frustratingly complex. I like his demeanor. 10/10 would trust my sci-fi guns to.

@bonolio 2 жыл бұрын

Would seriously watch a whole Charles Channel

@codeomatic4351 2 жыл бұрын

I like the guy , but the gun was pretty lame. They have built much more better and cooler stuff. This gun was just an evolved form an automatic nerf gun. Like brooooo , it could not get through a gummy bear. I expected it to be at the power of almost a real gun.

@alistairmooncrest5018 2 жыл бұрын

@@codeomatic4351 They literally explained why they couldn't do that. Because of Canadian law. He's a prominent figure with these *public* videos and doesn't want problems with their law enforcement. And "engineering is hard." Esp. custom engineering.

@omni0414 2 жыл бұрын

you guys were my inspiration to get into engineering, thank you for everything on this site truly

@jaywatson6524 2 жыл бұрын

Notice the 117 likes. I can’t like this comment as I want to preserve it

@simonvisage738 Жыл бұрын

Soon Hacksmith will make so much powerful weapons that governments will want to use them

@zacharylavender3740 7 ай бұрын

this is probably the world's biggest marvel/stark industries/crazy scientist stuff ive ever seen and it makes me happy to see that people are making fantasy a reality

@mustafakhan6308 2 жыл бұрын

I've been watching this channel since 2016 and how large they've scales their projects,equipment,and quality is truly incredible

@Electirc 2 жыл бұрын

This is literally the coolest thing ever. I literally have started trying to get into engineering recently because of these u guys. One day I might want to work at hacksmith lmaooo

@boogaboogatips5943 2 жыл бұрын

Follow your dreams

@assassinlexx1993 2 жыл бұрын

Could a out of country gun be built plus use a steel/ plastic projectile?

@nathannorton5972 Жыл бұрын

This looks and sounds straight from a videogame, especially the reload. I assume you can't have a more than 10 round mag due to laws, but if you could, that would be a huge improvement. Also, for cosmetic purposes, you could program LED's , and have them brighten as the projectile passes that accelerator. (You could do that by simply making it have set timing that lines up with the accelerators)

@andykeri8370 Жыл бұрын

When you energize a coil it will become an electromagnet , when the magnetic field will collapse ,the coil will produce electric current. You should feed that current to the next coil . Timing is important.

@callmeowen 2 жыл бұрын

"Today, Charles and I sail out to international waters to create a fully-functional nuclear-powered railgun"

@TheBlackstarrt 2 жыл бұрын

What's interesting is that we eventually can have smaller rounds that go further and impact harder than conventional cartridges.

@willb5278 2 жыл бұрын

Hello overpenetration! Smaller +faster = its own set of problems.

@TheBlackstarrt 2 жыл бұрын

@@willb5278 Don't put logic into my fantasy! That would be a problem though, wouldn't it, lol.

@heramaaroricon4738 2 жыл бұрын

@@willb5278 Idk, Overpenetration sounds like a good feature for a gun designed to kill aggressive Aliens...

@willb5278 2 жыл бұрын

@@heramaaroricon4738 Nope, overpenetration is when the projectile travels *through* your target. Putting a small hole in them, and a larger hole in the wall/ground behind them. Damage takes energy, heating, burning, moving or ripping stuff takes Joules. A projectile that's too good at penetration will do surprisingly little damage to your target as it deposits most of its energy into whatever's behind them. Considering people can survive having a limb blown off, sometimes you need to make a big hole to stop someone. The ideal projectile doesn't blast through the target, it hits em, then sticks in them. Depositing all its kinetic energy into the said target.

@DatChinchilla 2 жыл бұрын

@@willb5278 Could throw a micro explosive that's detonated upon impact and call it a day tbh, although then your cost per round and risk of misfiring shoot up a lot more.

@josephpieroni6681 Жыл бұрын

That chuck key Chuckey word play photo on the lathe is amazing lol

@foteinipsillaki9218 11 ай бұрын

You guys are so good that the military is going to hire you to make weapons for them. Keep up the good work.

@theredvelvetyfox8814 2 жыл бұрын

Based on performance it's slightly more powerful than a BB gun, Imagine what they could build if they were actually trying to build one for military testing

@scifirealism5943 2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't work due to lack of a suitable power source.

@bescotdude9121 2 жыл бұрын

The Canadian armed forces should just have commissioned the hacksmith and his team to build a full power version for evaluation as the next generation of standard infantry weapon system

@theredvelvetyfox8814 2 жыл бұрын

@@scifirealism5943 even if we consider non portable power sources?

@scifirealism5943 2 жыл бұрын

@@theredvelvetyfox8814 wouldn't work still.

@chriswhitey6948 2 жыл бұрын

It the stupid law

@Kaelisk 2 жыл бұрын

This was really well done! Love it! "It's probably way faster and more fun to plug them in and see if they explode" - electroboom would be proud

@jamesbink1514 Жыл бұрын

Him just casually having a “where is your chuck key” poster next to a machine

@haire618 Жыл бұрын

I'm telling you guys y'all are doing a great job the way y'all produce this and explain stuff and say stuff everything else the camera man I mean everybody involved and getting this all set up y'all are doing absolutely amazing job this stuff is better than what you see on ABC and the big networks congratulations y'all . Y'all are doing great God bless you

@electronicsNmore 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent build! Anti-climax is something you don't want. LOL

@8DVIBEZ 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@DespaceMan 2 жыл бұрын

hahaha yep with $2 I can make something 100 X more powerful than that with some rubber bands. As for the technical aspect great work :)

@Ghost_4576 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the energy loss be averted by having a thin tube within the barrel that isn't affected by the magnetic field? Other than that, looks cool af.

@jrasiy4048 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't imagine much materials being able to withstand a metal rod rubbing against it at high speeds

@richardmillhousenixon 2 жыл бұрын

@@jrasiy4048 Teflon

@Shrouded_reaper 2 жыл бұрын

@@jrasiy4048 if it's rifled there should be no contact at all.

@Ghost_4576 2 жыл бұрын

@@jrasiy4048 Just use aluminum, like with the main body, (or something with a higher melting point) there are lots of non magnetic metals that could work

@ckl9390 2 жыл бұрын

That might make it a firearm, so it may not be worth it for legal reasons.

@janimusicshorts7707 2 жыл бұрын

this could easily be one of the coolest projects they have done.

@TheFishRace 2 жыл бұрын

5 years later when someone tries to break in u have 100 automated iron man suits with lasers and missles😅😂😂😂😂😂

@drdoll1 2 жыл бұрын

Theoretically, how quickly do you think you could propel the projectile without the 152.4 meters/sec and 5.7 joule limitations? I wonder how much kinetic energy a hand held rail gun could generate in comparison to a traditional firearm of any given caliber. Thank you for doing this! I very much enjoyed watching your work. :)

@lonereaper4287 2 жыл бұрын

you also gotta take into account the projectile used, its a rounded small probably steel rod, were they not under legal obligation, i'd expect it could do considerable damage. simply by making the projectile pointed and finned, both increasing stability of it in flight as well as overall kinetic impact, Smaller point of impact greater focus of energy, making for a greater penetration capability. overall it would be interesting albeit unwieldy and impractical. but an interesting thought nonthless, it wouldn't be ground breaking innovation but definitely an interesting and unique weapon.

@alexeipistoun9783 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a company producing them check out forgotten weapons for their video but they got it to be comparable to a .22lr round

@Synthc4t 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexeipistoun9783 we're getting closer to greatness

@Khornedevotee 2 жыл бұрын

@@Synthc4t Soon enough, hand held proper energy weapons for soldiers(laser weapons more specifically), then, we form the Empire of Man, and carry ourselves out among the stars and beyond. :O

@teslagamer24 2 жыл бұрын

@@Khornedevotee FOR THE EMPEROR!

@CJaide9939 2 жыл бұрын

Man now I want to see you guys build the Hydra MLRS

@mayonnaise3959 2 жыл бұрын

I thought that WAS the hydra

@no1preston1459 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Dragonclaw01 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the assault rifle I think.

@caseyeriksen2345 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dragonclaw01 the hydra is the rocket launcher

@burningphoenix9556 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason I cant wait for a Pure Electric Powered P90 to become a reality

@Anarchy_420 2 жыл бұрын

It's my understanding that the biggest problem with The Rail-gun is the wear and tear on the barrel? Request-- create a rotary (at least three barrels) version of The Rail-gun! For two reasons, to find out if it would alleviate damage to the barrels, and it'd simply be freakin awesome!😁🙏

@theHacksmith 2 жыл бұрын

This isn't a rail gun though? It's a coil gun! No wear on a coil gun barrel (ideally)

@Anarchy_420 2 жыл бұрын

@@theHacksmith I kno I kno...🙃 sorry I feel stupid now bc I've watched this entire Vid more than once and knew this is a Coil and not Rail😅 Guess I poorly articulated myself lol essentially I just wanted to see if you could/would create it, really nothing to do with this other than they're both energy weapons... However I really do wonder if creating a Rotary Rail Gun would alleviate any damage to the barrels plus I still think it'd be bad ass!

@Anarchy_420 2 жыл бұрын

@@theHacksmith not trying to bother you but while I hopefully have your attention. Have you seen my request for Blade Trinity Abigail Whistler's Laser-Bow?? I think it could be your most powerful Laser yet with its design leaving room for two focal points!

@Anarchy_420 2 жыл бұрын

@@theHacksmith you don't like neither idea's...? :( They're original, both would be a first

@Anarchy_420 2 жыл бұрын

@@theHacksmith I understand if you can't do it

@maxk4324 2 жыл бұрын

Barrel improvement idea: same thing you have here, except print the black coil frames/barrel segments with 100% infill (at least around the hole) and purposefully make the bore size too small. Assemble to the point of rigidity, then reem out (*cough* get a hydraulic ram and a rifling button set *cough*) the barrel to the correct size. You now have a segmented yet contiguous barrel (until you disassemble it at least). I would recommend using the strongest and hardest plastic you are able to print for this one.

@kryptos4812 2 жыл бұрын

NEEEEEEERRD

@maxk4324 2 жыл бұрын

@@kryptos4812 Damn straight!

@charlesholtforster9651 Жыл бұрын

Hey Max, This is certainly worth attempting next time i get a chance to build one!

@Signal_Lost. 2 жыл бұрын

I love this guy's energy. He's kinda awkward, but it's in a fun kinda way.

@burek_building 2 жыл бұрын

Aren't they all kinda awkward 🤣 but i still love those vids cuz it's not the bad awkward type

@Signal_Lost. 2 жыл бұрын

@@burek_building I mean, you're not wrong. I guess it's just nice to see people that act like people, and not actors. We'd all be that awkward :)

@justyourfriendlyneighborho903 2 жыл бұрын

Man just casually said "we built a railgun as an experiment"

@CrimsonGabe 2 жыл бұрын

These guys should be hired for making weapons for MTF Tau-5 at the SCP foundation

@wagonranger7388 2 жыл бұрын

How much you want to bet that if the Hacksmith was based in Texas their MA5 replica would fire actual 7.62x51 like it does in game/lore.

@CheapCheerful 2 жыл бұрын

Murders in 2020. Australia: 396 Canada: 743 USA: 21,570 Hmmm I wonder why that is...

@captainchet7926 2 жыл бұрын

@@CheapCheerful the United States has a Population of 329.5 Million. Australia is 25.6 Million and Canada is 38 Million. Your Numbers are not a fair comparison.

@jacobkeltz3584 2 жыл бұрын

In addition to the tube to increase efficiency, you could make the magazine double-stacked since more projectiles=more fun

@innacrisis6991 2 жыл бұрын

Problem is that might introduce some feed/reliability issues, considering it's already on the shadier end

@Bill_DeBerry 2 жыл бұрын

Designing a double stacked magazine from scratch would take a while as well. Factor in reliability issues from the magazine with the reliability issues with feeding in general and you might get lucky to be able to feed one full mag out of every 30 or so without a jam. There is a reason why most firearms use the same magazines as their competitors, and that is design cost and tooling to manufacture the new design.

@jacobkeltz3584 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_DeBerry ah yes, making an automatic coilgun definitely didn't take any time at all. Furthermore, I don't know what type of firearms you are looking at, but most rifles and pistols I've handled use different (generally double-stacked except in older/subcompact guns like the 1911 or glock 43) magazines from one another. Also, its not like they couldn't do the research into what makes a good double-stack mag. It's pretty clear these guys do a lot of homework for their builds.

@innacrisis6991 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkeltz3584 That's true, but it's also clear their builds are mainly meant to be fun demonstrations of a concept being executed and not actually viable tools/weapons in their current state. A double-stack mag would be an unnecessary complication, one that an actual weapon would definitely have reason to overcome for the extra capacity, but one that provides a pretty minor increase in entertainment value for the effort it takes. Also I think when @Bill DeBerry was talking about magazine compatibility he was referring to glock and stanag mags being used across a wide variety of firearms, though of course that's not gonna be everything in the same caliber.