Re: FROM HAL - Starfish Spinner

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Original poster: "The Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>

Howdy y'all,

Ed was curious how fast my spinner spins, so I shot another video to show
him:

http://www.halice.com/physics/4coil/spin2.wmv

I don't think it is revolving much fast than 2 to 3 times per second.  Here
is the video of it in the dark again:

http://www.halice.com/physics/4coil/spin1.wmv

Hal in Tucson


----- Original Message -----
From: "The Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: FROM HAL - Starfish Spinner


> Hi Ed,
>
> After running the coil for about 5 minutes, the spinner looks as though it
> is revolving approximately 3 revolutions per second, or 180 rpm.  I'm
going
> to take DC's advice and raise the spinner's pivot point tomorrow
afternoon.
> I'll place a timing mark on the spinner and video tape it during daylight
> hours.  I'll put the video on my Web site and post the URL on the List.
> I'll try to do this early enough tomorrow afternoon so that our moderator
> should be able to post it before dark MST.  This is so much fun!
>
> Cordially, Hal in Tucson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:05 PM
> Subject: Re: FROM HAL - Starfish Spinner
>
>
> > Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Neat picture.  How fast does the spinner run?  Not light enough to
> > see very well and the strobe effects with the sparking make it hard to
> tell.
> >
> > Ed
> >
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