yeah, and Flyboy pointed out that the size of the projectile would cause way more damage than I was considering. As for the recoil, I was imagining anyone using the weapon would have to be able to anchor it before they could use it. I don't want it to be too overpowered that it would become a...
It looks like I am going to need to revisit the overall design... I was going for the image of a giant spike appearing out of nowhere next to the heroes, but not at the cost of even remote plausibility. Thanks for your insights!
So it would be more accurate to describe it as just appearing followed by a blast of wind? Since it's faster than the sound, there wouldn't be any need to attempt to make it any quieter, and I assume any wound would probably be shaped like a bullet, with a smaller diameter hole at entry and a...
This is my first post, so let me know if I'm doing it wrong. In my world, there are railguns roughly the size of the M240 machine gun that fire a projectile about a meter long with a radius of about 4cm. I believe the sonic boom would break 150db, but what kind of sound would the projectile make...
I actually found this page while looking for a random bit of physics clarification for my dystopian story. I'm glad to be here, and extremely grateful for everyone who is clearly smarter than me and is willing to share their time to answer our shower questions!