"You *can* get to close to 135 feet if you count all the little twists
and turns and count tip of one spark across the middle and to the tip of
a spark on the other side. Bill Wysock's 13M gets there if you follow
this somewhat unconventional measurement technique (of course he's
running more power and has a much larger topload than a 3 foot ball) "
All Tesla coil sparks are actually of infinite length measured this way.
I beleive that a spark by it nature is fractal. The length around the
outside of any fractal has infinite length if you look closely enough.
(try measuring a coastline) Therefore if you count the circumference all
of the twists and turns you get an infinite length.
Its amazing you ever get a strike !!
Derek