Mark I

This is where it all begun! It started out as a very crude device.

 

Mark I used acrylic with two steel bars sandwiched in between. The materials were held together by hot glue. This was designed as a prototype test to see if the experiment was feasible. Wires were connected to each rail to provide the current. A small piece of aluminum was vaporized inside the rail gun device, stripping away the electrons from the atoms, which is called plasma. The plasma is then easily influenced by electromagnetic fields created by the current going through the rails.