We'll sink your battleships from 110 miles away.



http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/10/5626100-railgun-shot-heard-round-the-world

12/11/2010 8:06:48 PM

I'm sorry, I thought this was America

12/11/2010 8:21:47 PM

this thread was linked in a completely unrelated thread

12/11/2010 9:10:02 PM

serious question here

at 0:30, how the bloody hell is camera tracking the projectile?

12/11/2010 11:41:06 PM

^ Carefully.

12/11/2010 11:46:09 PM

^^ I don't think it is, they timed it and set the angular velocity on it so that it would follow the predicted path of the round. They should be able to figure most of those variables out with science.

12/12/2010 12:57:41 AM

judging by the post to view count ratio, i assumed nudes were posted

12/12/2010 1:01:35 AM

12/12/2010 1:30:17 AM

Quote :

"I don't think it is, they timed it and set the angular velocity on it so that it would follow the predicted path of the round. They should be able to figure most of those variables out with science."

i guess that's possible but that's one hell of an acceleration, assuming the camera was stationary prior to the shot. i suppose its possible it was spinning before they fired the gun, though. upon further review, the camera was clearly stationary (or at least moving slow enough to appear stationary in the slow motion replay) prior to the projectile exiting the canopy.

[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 1:59 AM. Reason : .]

12/12/2010 1:55:53 AM