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If One were to have a Linear Actuator like shown below, could you efficiently use that coil as an accelerator for said Coil gun or Magnetic Linear Accelerator.

Actuator from a pinball machine

I use the picture above as it is out of a pinball machine. The flipper from a pinball machine hits pretty hard. Could i for example take one and just use the rod in the center as a projectile?

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In theory, yes. Remove the spring, and make sure to deactivate the coil fast enough so that the field collapses when the rod is moving the fastest it can get. Or put a non-ferrous marble where the rod is so that the rod hits the marble and that becomes the projectile.

A coil gun is nothing but carefully timed solenoids.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Good Answer, I will read about the Marble, sounds like a good idea i never though of. Will Best Answer ASAP. \$\endgroup\$
    – Name Last
    Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 3:39
  • \$\begingroup\$ Also, I could cast my own marbles out of Aluminum cans I believe, but they wont be a perfect sphere. \$\endgroup\$
    – Name Last
    Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 3:42

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