Re: [GZG] Railguns

Not sure that this is completely clear.  May not have/need a guided
projectile.  If the GPS unit can be used to locate the target and the
firer, computer systems should do a pretty good job of being able to
set the power, direction and trajectory needed to score the hit.  If
the shell is sent to the right place, it likely hits.

Of course you're going to have issues like wind, accuracy of the
targeting system, etc., but the shell shouldn't need internal
guidance.

:)

J

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Richard Bell <rlbell.nsuid@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Indy <indy.kochte@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> You fire an arcing shot and control the round with GPS signals. Or so
the
>> article states. ;-)
>>
>
> The trick with putting a guidance package on a rail gun projectile is
> building and positioning it to prevent any of the magnetic flux from
> the gun linking with any of the circuitry and frying it.
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