Re: Lifter Turbine? (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:33:20 -0400
From: Charles Brush <cfbrush@xxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Lifter Turbine? (fwd)

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>Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:58:23 -0500
>From: Ralph Zekelman <hyperion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Lifter Turbine? (fwd)
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>The following is an entry in the stupid question
>contest:
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>What's a lifter?
>
>Thanks
>Ralph Zekelman


Ralph,

A lifter is a neat gadget that uses an electrostatic wind effect to
levitate.  There is a bunch of fringe stuff on the web about how they
use some sort of anti-gravity effect, but the mechanism of their
operation seems pretty simple (it basically works like a sharper
image ionic breeze air cleaner).  I built one a few weeks ago, and
could easily feel the wind the device was creating...which was more
than enough to lift it.  I posted some photos and movies on my web
site at:

http://www.voltnet.com/lifter

They are fun gadgets.  I eventually modified the tethering on mine so
that it could fly almost up to the ceiling in the barn where I had it
set up.

Zap!

Charles Brush