Re: Wendover Coil Vs USAF lightning TesT?

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>



Science & Invention this month also has the history and development of the
microwave oven.

Dr. Resonance


>
> The new Scientific American has a nice article about how lightning starts
> and the X-rays they are now finding in lighting strikes!  About 250,000
> eV.  Great article for those that are interested in lightning ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>          Terry
>
>
> At 07:34 PM 4/18/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >    Along the lines of lightning tests..
> >
> >Has anyone here in the US that's an IEEE member read the
> >article in this month's issue titled "Stealing Celestial
> >Fire" ? It looks to be along the lines of the 'N2 laser
> >triggered spark gap' thread we had awhile back..
> >
> >For those of you who haven't read it..
> >
> >They're using a Teramobile (titanium sapphire) laser to
> >create a plasma channel between a charged electrode and a
> >grond point. The laser is capable of 100 fempto-second
> >pulses with a max power of 5 terawatts. Rips the electrons
> >right form the air, creating what they're calling a
> >'filament'. From the pictures it looks like one heck of a
> >triggered gap. The idea is to scale it up a bit to reduce
> >lightning strikes at airports.
> >
> >Someday I'll have a job like this.. ;)
> >
> >Coiling In Pittsburgh
> >Ben McMillen
> >
> >--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Original poster: syd <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > That coil is running great! Anyone know how much power is
> > > being fed to it
> > > in this video?
> > >
> > > Must admit that the USAF 'lightning test' claims are
> > > absurd. The only
> > > similarity between tesla coil arcs and atmospheric
> > > lightning is that they
> > > look alike, somewhat, and that they are beautiful to
> > > watch. I can't imagine
> > > a single useful piece of lightning survivability data
> > > that could be derived
> > > from from spraying a little model plane with perhaps a
> > > couple milliamperes
> > > of RF alternating current, when lightning strikes it
> > > carry tens of
> > > thousands (more?) of DC amperes. Seems that a massive Van
> > > de Graaf
> > > generator, or Marx bank would better simulate the effects
> > > of an actual
> > > lightning strike.
> > >
> > > But whether it was a PR stunt, or just a way to reach
> > > into the deep pockets
> > > of the U.S. Military, I'm glad the machine was able to be
> > > built!
> > >
> > > ~syd klinge
> > >
> > >
> > >