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Warthog coil pictures




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From:  Bert Pool [SMTP:bertpool-at-ticnet-dot-com]
Sent:  Thursday, June 18, 1998 5:02 AM
To:  Tesla List
Cc:  bemery-at-swbell-dot-net
Subject:  Re: Warthog coil pictures


> From:  Greg Leyh [SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
> Sent:  Tuesday, June 16, 1998 6:04 AM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: Warthog coil pictures
> 
> > From:  Bert Pool
> >
> > > From:  Barton B. Anderson 
> > >
> [snip]
> > > Bert and Bill, SUPER COIL!  Congrats on an extremely nice performer.
> > > In your own "professional opinions", how do you seriously feel about
> > > this coil? Is it performing as you expected? Do you feel like it
> > > hasn't been pushed to it's max or is hindering what it could do in
> > > some way? Of course, we all feel this way (a little bit) no matter
> > > what type of peformance we get. Is the Warthog performing "better"
> > > than you expected?
> > 
> > This coil has been pushed to 14 kw, and can go further.  It wants an
> > even bigger top, though you'd think 6 feet by 22 inches would be large
> > enough.  I asked Bill how big a top he thought the Hog could run, and
> > his reply was "how big of a top can you build?"  Next top will be 10
> > feet in diameter, 4 foot cross section - one of the largest toroids I've
> > ever seen.  Would you believe it will be a wooden frame covered with
> > chicken wire?
> 
> Congrats on the flamethrower!  Nice pics!  I hope that Phil's 
> neighbors will enjoy the outdoor lightning show -- what normal
> person wouldn't, right?   Our neighbors here in the Mission 
> District of SF continue to show a lack of enthuiasm for outdoor
> testing, even for experiments of the noblest scientific pursuit.

I've been fortunate that my next door neighbors enjoy the shows - Phil's may 
not be so tolerant.

> 
> Your results with the 4 X 10ft toroid will be most interesting
> to see!  Should bend the Fsec down quite a ways... How much C 
> will that be, anyways?

Around 200 pf.

> 
> I hope that the toroid floor will be somewhat structural, so that
> Wild Bill can take a ride!  I am certain that Wild Bill is already 
> planning his first "ride in the toroid."

We're trying to keep weight down - no ship yards with big cranes here ;>)
So no one inside - though I may attempt to put a video camera inside.

> -- 
> 
> 
> -GL
> www.lod-dot-org
> 
> 


Bert Pool
TCBFW
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