Re: The Green Monster

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Original poster: "BRIAN FOLEY" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

well Art Arfon's land speed record jet machine was called
"the green monster" when he ran that thing at drag strips
for demonstration purposes. i think your safe. cul brian f.
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: The Green Monster


> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thank you for the kind comments regarding my coil website.
> Actually, I wouldn't even have a coil website if it wasn't
> for my good friend and fellow list member Carl Litton,
> who is hosting it on his "dawntreader" webpage, since
> he does have an interest in all high voltage stuff, but his
> first interest is pyrotech! Anyway, the PBS documentary
> that you mentioned got me scared at first until I realized
> that it was NOT in relation to Tesla coils. Althought the
> term "Green Monster" is certainly not an original term,
> I had never noted anyone who had named their Tesla
> coil by this name. If anyone else has named their coil the
> Green Monster, please speak up or for ever hold your
> peace ;^)
>
> David Rieben
>
> PS- I've also visited your most impressive website -
> excellent ;^)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:02 PM
> Subject: The Green Monster
>
>
> >Original poster: Bob Wroblewski <bwroblewski@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Hey David,
> >Great looking (and performing!) coil and website.
> >Check out the link below to another green monster.
>
><http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov1999/thegreenmonster/>http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov
1999/thegreenmonster/
> >It was an awesome documentary that I saw only once, years ago on PBS.
> >It also reminds me of a movie trailer I saw on this past superbowl
> >for 'The Worlds Fastest Indian' due in theaters soon.
> >The common thread of innovation and activities that people persue as
> >past-times and hobbies over time is pretty amazing indeed.
> >
> >Bob Wroblewski
> >Dracut, MA
> >
> >Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Original poster: "David Rieben"
> >
> >Hi Mike,
> >
> >My coil, the Green Mo nster: http://dawntreader.net/hvgroup/david/gm.html
> >has a 12.5" diameter secondary and a whopping 56" major
> >diameter x 12" minor diameter toroid and normally, I don't
> >
> >
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