Re: Re: Streamer Launcher/Director

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Original poster: "Bob Bozarth by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jbdetails-at-prodigy-dot-net>

    When I was in the military my M.O.S. was 11Hotel. which was a tow missle
unit. The tow missle is a two wire guided antitank missle. the two wires
sent signals to the missle to steer it. The range was about three miles.
That's alot of wire! It comes off a cone shaped spool at the rear of the
missle.
    Instead of a warhead....

Bob Bozarth

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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:34 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Streamer Launcher/Director


> Original poster: "Cory Roussel by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<imcuddlycory-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Hey Terry,
>
> Oh...  Well almost SURELY better than mercury or
> powdered metal (oohh that would have a pretty neato
> EXPLOSION to it though) would be fine wire, launched
> with some sort of wire launching device (mabey a
> modified Pellet gun with darts connected to wire...
> but thats getting a little unprofessional)  or even
> cooler yet, a jet of water...  either of these would
> prolly prove to be an awesome project, thinka bout it,
> lauching it STRAIGHT up into the air, perhaps
> streamers would branch off the water jet as it went
> up, or shooting it long distances at things, prolly be
> best to undertune the coil a little so that the
> capacitance of the surface area of the water wouldnt
> put it out of resonance....
>
>
> later,
>
> Cory Roussel
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> >
> > Hi Cory,
> >
> > Tesla tried to make a weapon out of Tesla coils to
> > help with WWII.  His
> > used (or was planned to use) a stream of liquid
> > mercury under high presure
> > to guide the streamer to a target.  The Corums also
> > tried something like
> > this but I think they used powdered metal.  Electron
> > beams will not travel
> > in air (needs high vacuum).  Lasers are an option to
> > ionize an air path but
> > if you have a laser that powerful you don't need the
> > coil.  Argon gas arcs
> > easily in air (six times I think) but I am not sure
> > how easy it would be to
> > get a nice stream of gas going.
> >
> > A simple point would just have random streamers
> > flying off in one place.
> > Nothing one could really aim.
> >
> > Of course, given a Tesla coil vs. an A-1 tank, I'll
> > take the tank :-))
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Terry
> >
> >
> > At 11:03 AM 1/27/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> > >hi,
> > >
> > >would it be possible to direct a streamer in a
> > fairly
> > >straight path by painting the toroid with some
> > >nonconducting epoxy or something, so it would still
> > >have the capacitance (mabey even higher due to the
> > >stuff you cover it with) but would not shoot off
> > >randomly with a small pinhole in the paint (see bad
> > >ascii art for illustration), with a needle touching
> > it
> > >so you ended up with the only part exposed being
> > the
> > >tip of this needle, then having a ring about 1"
> > away
> > >from the needle that was heavily charged so it
> > >directed the streamer twards and through the
> > center...
> > >similar to the circutry of a television set
> > display,
> > >except in the open... this way mabey a streamer
> > could
> > >be shot like a cannon or beam at grounded
> > targets...
> > >
> > > ('''') /pin /charged ring
> > >(toroid)-  0                     (target)
> > > (    )    |                         |
> > >  |  |     |                         |
> > >  |  |     |                       -----
> > >  |  |     |                        ---
> > >  |  |      +/- in                   -
> > >  |  |
> > >  |  |
> > >========= <-pri.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >just wondering,
> > >
> > >Cory Roussel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>