RE: Rotary Gap Design

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• Subject: RE: Rotary Gap Design
• From: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com> (by way of terryf-at-verinet-dot-com)
• Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 18:58:59 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Excuse me, but wouldn't it be simpler to have fixed gap electrodes to put
the current into and out of the far sides of the wheels ?  Multiple gaps are
desirable anyway, no ?  True, the outer two gaps would break slower, but
would not be completely static.  They would however always be in sync with
the central gap.

Will

>  >Certainly slip rings or the equivalent would be necessary - but the 
>  >voltage drop and power loss would probably be insignificant.  

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