Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi All,
Since we are on this half way "on" half way "off" topic, I remember
a TV show on lightning where they were measuring the field strenght
at a test site and at the proper time would launch a rocket. The
rocket's exhaust would create a trail of conductive gasses that
would trigger a lightning strike at the test site.
So..... Has anyone tried to put a bottle rocket on top of the
toroid to see what would happen.
Gerry R."
Are you sure that rocket wasn't trailing a wire? That's a
standard technique in lightning research.
Ed