http://defensetech.org/2003/04/02/laser-rifle-design-a-hoax/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2003/04/02/laser-rifle-design-a-hoax/#comment-99692 CHRIS ZIO Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:39:34 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=440#comment-99692 If you want to make a real LASER rifle, you have to use mini MHD pulse tech combined with an over-under design which would allow for high powered pulses from a solid propellant cartridge fed MHD system. No projectile, just hot, very conductive gases which exit at the end of the barrel, at the same time the power generated through MHD means is fed into a LASER cavity of either solid or gas design and the pulse is sent through an optical barrel for distance focusing. New designs in solid state lasers could make use of the high energy pulses generated by a mini MHD system using solid propellant cartridges. If you want to make a real LASER rifle, you have to use mini MHD pulse tech combined with an over-under design which would allow for high powered pulses from a solid propellant cartridge fed MHD system. No projectile, just hot, very conductive gases which exit at the end of the barrel, at the same time the power generated through MHD means is fed into a LASER cavity of either solid or gas design and the pulse is sent through an optical barrel for distance focusing.
New designs in solid state lasers could make use of the high energy pulses generated by a mini MHD system using solid propellant cartridges.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2003/04/02/laser-rifle-design-a-hoax/#comment-99691 Kevin Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:39:18 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=440#comment-99691 Chris Beskar is a respected member of the aviation community and serves on technical committees for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=234&id=75). He also manages the annual national design competition that is held each year (http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=224). His work gained national prominence recently when his Machete design was highlighted in a Rand Report which was a study on counterinsurgency aircraft for the Air Force (Aviation Week 14 August 2006). History is full of scientists and engineers that were called crack-pots during their time, and were reported as visionaries by later generations. I for one, am going to join some of the others out there who are keeping an eye on this high-tech visionary. Chris Beskar is a respected member of the aviation community and serves on technical committees for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=234&id=75). He also manages the annual national design competition that is held each year (http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=224). His work gained national prominence recently when his Machete design was highlighted in a Rand Report which was a study on counterinsurgency aircraft for the Air Force (Aviation Week 14 August 2006). History is full of scientists and engineers that were called crack-pots during their time, and were reported as visionaries by later generations. I for one, am going to join some of the others out there who are keeping an eye on this high-tech visionary.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2003/04/02/laser-rifle-design-a-hoax/#comment-99690 Dave Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:03:38 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=440#comment-99690 I just came home on leave when I made the mistake of walking into the old WWII barracks building at Fleming Field in South St. Paul. I was still wearing my Army officer's uniform when I walked in looking for some old model planes I built there when the Civil Air Patrol rented it years ago. I never saw a couple of guys looking so giddy all of the sudden when they thought the DoD actually bought into their designs. I had to disappoint them though. I had no idea what Stavatti was. It looked like a couple of guys with aerospace engineering degrees who wanted to build planes. As for me, I still can't find those models. I just came home on leave when I made the mistake of walking into the old WWII barracks building at Fleming Field in South St. Paul. I was still wearing my Army officer’s uniform when I walked in looking for some old model planes I built there when the Civil Air Patrol rented it years ago. I never saw a couple of guys looking so giddy all of the sudden when they thought the DoD actually bought into their designs. I had to disappoint them though. I had no idea what Stavatti was. It looked like a couple of guys with aerospace engineering degrees who wanted to build planes. As for me, I still can’t find those models.

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