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Re: static motor



Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

So, do you think it would be possible to run a rotary spark gap off an
electro static motor?
Thats why I brought it up.

Steven Steele
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Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: static motor


> Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Tesla list wrote: > > > Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Here is a link to a website that shows you how to build an electrostatic > > motor: > > http://f3wm.free.fr/sciences/es_motor.html > > > That's a version of my popular science-fair website which came from my > 1988 science museum exhibit. It's been on the web since 1995. > > "Soda bottle electrostatic motor" > http://amasci.com/emotor/emot1.html > > History of that invention > http://amasci.com/emotor/mestat.html > > Search: "electrostatic motor" +bottle > http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%22electrostatic+motor%22+%2Bbottle > > > This pop-bottle motor is an ultra-simple device for kids which I designed > in response to Oleg Jefimenko's old article on e-motors he made from > machined plexiglas. http://f3wm.free.fr/sciences/jefimenko.html > > > Electrostatic Motors > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0917406028/ > > > For anyone wishing to build high-power electrostatic motors, I recommend > using a disk geometery rather than cylinders. Make a thin disk-type > electrostatic motor, then stack it on a shaft with many identical copies. > (This is much harder to do if you use cylinders!) Also, motors based on > coronas and plastic, rather than on foil electrodes with brushes, are both > simpler and more efficient. It does take higher voltages to start corona > motors. > > >