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It's probably 27kJ measured by the stored charge in the capacitor... which probably aren't delivered to the fullest extent.

When this was on Reddit yesterday the OP did a mini-AMA in the thread [1], and he confirmed this.

27kJ is the stored charge the capacitor bank. For various reasons, he's vary aware this is not all transferred to the projectile.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/3s4o4j/diy_250_lb_gian...



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