Recommended · for some experience
I've Made a Powerful COILGUN | Separate Stages PCB
Why people recommend it
Recommended for its explanation of a schematic that dumps stored capacitor energy through coils, with ideas that carry over to similar projects.
Watch for: High-energy capacitors; a newer version also exists
In their words
There are videos of such linear switched-solenoid motors, such as this "coil gun" or this, with better explanations..
DrMoishe Pippik on electronics.stackexchange.com, Aug 2023. CC BY-SA.
