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Ion Motors



Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

hmmmmmmmmm...........

What is the largest dia an Ion Motor can be made to function?

What is the largest ever built?

Can an Ion Motor be made to spin vertically?

Can an Ion Motor be made from a disk with pointed projections sticking 3" 
out from the side at right angles to the radious (if they were straight in 
it would only spark and not turn)

Is this the same principle that makes our Lightning Pendulum work?


Lightning Pendulum.

Hang a 4"dia hollow sphere of some metal (we have used stainless (float 
switch) and bronze (fake cannon ball) with success) 3' from a support over 
an insulated table. Have the ball hang about 1" up from the table.

Place a metal plate on the table, centered under the ball.

To hang the ball, use thin wire, 22AWG works fine. Insulate the hanging 
point.

Place 2 pop cans about 12" apart on the table, on axis from the ball.

Connect the wire that the ball hangs from to one side of an NST. The other 
side of the NST connects to the metal baseplate.

Swing the ball, plug it in, and be prepared to make half an hour of tiny 
adjustments as to the exact position of the cans.

If, at the end of each swing, the metal ball arcs to one of the cans, it 
will swing as long as power is applied to the NST.


Thoughts?

duck




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