RE: [TCML] Ion Motor

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

Probably not what you want to hear, but I've found that smaller coils do better with ion motors.  As power goes up, the S-shapes tend to breakout not just at the tips, but at the curves as well.  Could be that large-ish geometries would be needed to prevent breakout where you don't want it, and that would be counter to the goal of a light-weight rotor.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Sfxneon@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:02 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] Ion Motor
>
> Hi All,
>
> Finally got my 8" x 33" inch coil running again last night after  being
> disassembled and put away for several years. First light with the 7.5 kVA
> bombarder was very successful, but it still needs to be tweaked some more. Was
> getting 6+ foot arcs with the slide choke all the way in (minimum power, about  150
> mA), but it should do much better than that when it's tuned up.
>
> Now I'm looking for tips, techniques or websites on how to  build a plasma
> motor to set on top of the toroid. I made a quick and dirty one  last night
> about 3 feet across the tips, in the shape of an "S" and carefully  balanced so it
> will rotate easily, but it won't spin on its own. Looks great  when its given
> a push, but it slowly winds down. What's the right way to build  one for this
> size coil that will move on its own power?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony Greer

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