RE: Tesla Coil Bl.. Streamer Load reflects Resistance & LC + Robotics WIN

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hi Dale,

>
>NEWSFLASH !! my TRW Team 294, Redondo Beach, California, 
> just won the FIRST Nationals Robotics Championship held at Epcot, April 5-7,
> (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology)
> (>550 robots registered, 335 showed at nationals)
>
>  breaking scoring records 4 times relative to previous 13 regional contests 
>held across US in March
>
>in alliance with teams  
>   Team 71  - Beatty Machine and Manufacturing & School City of Hammond 
>   Team 294 - TRW, Computer Assoc A & Mira Costa & Redondo Union HS Beach 
>Cities Robotics
>   Team 125 - Northeastern University/ Textron Systems & Boston Latin School 
>& Brookline HS & Milton Academy 
>   Team 365 - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc./ DuPont Engineering 
>Explorer Post 
>   Team 279 - Dana Corporation & Toledo Technology Academy & Rogers HS
>
>see www.usfirst-dot-org for more info.
>
>:-))  Thanks Terry  :-))
>

I would think in those robot wars, seeing buzz saws, hammers, and other
obvious "evil" tactics on the "TV toob", that a Tesla coil armed robot
would be "COOL" in "erasing" the electronics of those unfortunate foes.
:-)))  I am not sure if your effort is so nasty as the stuff on those robot
wars deals on TV, but punching 500kV of RF into the antenna of the foe
robot would seem an "advantage" :-))

I can just see a modest 30 inch streamer robot warrior really cleaning
house!!...  Zap it with a streamer, pick it up, and toss it in the ash can
sort of a war :o>>  I assume the "rules" do not allow serious explosives
and such.... but just a little good "electronics counter measures" tactics
;-)))  The streamers would look good on national TV and all that too... ;-)))

Cheers,

	Terry