Tesla did his best work at the beginning:
1. Development of the AC power distribution system (transformers, multi-phase power, AC generators)
2. Invention of the AC induction motor
3. Wireless radio technology development
These are monumental achievements themselves and shape our modern world. Most of what he did after that was basically crackpot stuff. Any of those many crazy "theories" you hear about or read are nonsense. Any decent electrical engineer can determine that.
Cars indeed do act like Faraday cages.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Myfirstteslacoil via Tesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 6:20:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Death Ray?
Steve,
Thanks for telling what happened.
I don’t live in the US and I could not watch it. I cannot even watch Science Channel where I live. I watched parts of episodes on other platforms.
I never realized the fact about the Faraday Case with airplanes. This also means that cars act like Faraday Cages?
Never heard about the earthquake machines theory surrounding Tesla btw. One of the most laughable ones that I heard from someone is that Tesla was assasinated by personell of Hitler. Arguing with a theorist is always hard since any argument braught up against them is considered ‘brainwashing’ of the media by them.
Altough I diverge from what this list is usefull for (sorry), is there even a theory surrounding him that is truthful or had a grain of truth? I don’t see the point of spreading lies about Tesla. It only undermines Tesla in public eyes while he was so important for our world.
Sincerely, Yesn
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Aan zo, feb. 25, 2018 om 16:21, Steve White <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx> schreef:
> I finally watched the last episode on-line. Thanks for posting the link. I skipped the gibberish and went to the final 15 minutes. I am not convinced that the streamer actually destroyed the drone. It looks to me like the obvious flash-powder is what actually destroyed it. The ramblings of these people about this being a viable weapon are laughable. If the range is no more than 10 feet something MIGHT happen. Here are some of the many reasons this is not a viable weapon. 1. You can't direct a streamer. 2. The range is severely limited. 3. Modern planes act like a Faraday cage. Number 3 is probably the biggest. Planes get struck by lightning all the time and nothing happens because they act like a Faraday cage and are not grounded. A lightning bolt has orders of magnitude more energy in it than the largest tesla coil and capacitor bank ever will. So even if you could steer the streamer and make the range sufficiently large and deliver a large pulse of energy, it would not do anything to a modern plane. I have o say that the tesla coil and capacitor bank were impressive to watch. Does anyone know how he routed the 100K joules from the capacitor bank through the secondary? I would think that the secondary wire would have to be huge to handle the thousands of amps of peak current when fired. If the secondary wire is a very large gauge, then it seems like you couldn't get many turns on the secondary. I wish they would have provided some more detail about how this was actually built. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Kunkel" To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 11:18:00 PM Subject: Re: [TCML] Death Ray? You can watch the last episode for free online. It shows the final form of the "Death Ray" destroying a couple of drones. https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/teslas-death-ray-a-murder-declassified-on-science/full-episodes/fbis-secret-scheme I know we all have our problems with the show's content and in general how modern day reality TV portrays/ruins topics we are passionate about, but let's face it, these days we don't have any Tesla based content to choose from on TV. ~Dan Kansas City area On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 1:20 PM Teslalabor wrote: > Same here. Without any doubt he was a genius, but 99% of the strange > things you can read about Tesla is just "bullshit". > > > Am 24.02.2018 um 18:10 schrieb Steve White: > > Any back-of-the-envelope analysis of the amount of energy required to > cause something like the Tunguska explosion would quickly discount this > idea. We are talking energy levels that are contained in many hydrogen > bombs to cause such destruction. Whatever it did or didn't do Tesla' > Waredencliff tower, or any of his other large coils, in the end was merely > a way of transporting energy produced by a power plant from one location to > another. It produced no energy and was a very inefficient way to transmit > wireless power. That is why wireless power transmission over long distances > never worked and still doesn't work. There are no power plants then, now, > or in the foreseeable future producing energy levels on the level of > multiple hydrogen bombs. The current theory is probably the correct one: a > large comet or meteor strike. > > > > Tesla should be remembered for what his actual achievements were: the AC > power generation and distribution system and induction motors. These > achievements were monumental and form the background of our modern world. > That other nonsense about death rays, earthquake machines, the Tunguska > event, etc. is just an insult to his memory and detracts from his real > accomplishments. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Myfirstteslacoil via Tesla" > > To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" > > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 3:47:38 AM > > Subject: Re: [TCML] Death Ray? > > > > Altough I have found Tesla’s life intruiging I never was able to > completely believe any theories surrounding him. > > Why are there so many? > > I can recall one about the Tunguska explosion. It was said to be caused > by Tesla’s Wardenclyffe tower. If I remember correctly the theory stated > that Tesla made an expedition to the North Pole and build a receiver tower > there. > > And if one draws a line from Shoreham (Long Island) to the area of > Tunguska explosion it crosses the North Pole. > > I think the reason for this theory is the lack of information about the > Tunguska explosion, especially the cause. It is a fun theory notheless. > > > > ,Yesn > > > > Sent from ProtonMail Mobile > > > > Aan za, feb. 24, 2018 om 01:24, Steve White > schreef: > > > >> The military already has a "Death Ray". It is called a CO2 laser or > other chemically excited laser. It actually works. ----- Original Message > ----- From: "doug" To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" Sent: Friday, February > 23, 2018 5:14:57 PM Subject: Re: [TCML] Death Ray? Popular Science, > Jan/Feb- 2018 Page 18, Robert Afzal, Working for Lockheed Martin! The Death > ray is real! But They call it a "PHASER" Yes a PHASER! It's coming! Doug > -----Original Message----- From: charles rakes Sent: Friday, February 23, > 2018 5:21 PM To: Tesla Coil Mailing List Subject: Re: [TCML] Death Ray? I > don't think the final episode has been shown. I had my recorder set for the > last episode and it didn't happen. Would like to know, if and when it might > be seen? Charles Virus-free. www.avast.com > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:29 PM, > Steve White wrote: > To Aron's credit I didn't see him engage in any of the > wacko conspiracy > theory talk. The most I saw him do was to sit around a > work table > listening > to the crazy ideas of the two "investigators". He > basically just looked at > them while they talked, not affirming anything > that they said, so I would > say that he came out of it with his integrity > intact. Considering he was > paid to build something cool and probably got > to keep the equipment, I > would say that he made a reasonable compromise. > > > I need to see the final episode to see what he finally built since I > > missed that one. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew > Robinson" > To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" > Sent: Friday, February 23, > 2018 11:59:07 AM > Subject: Re: [TCML] Death Ray? > > The person you speak > of in the show building the coil is Aron Koscho. He > owns and operates > aTTi (www.appliedteslatech.com) as well as what was > KVA effects ( > www.teslacoil.com) for you older guys out there. Aron has > been part of > the tesla community for years and has intentionally stepped > away from the > list and the hobbiest side of coiling. He actually used to > moderate the > list years ago. He is a very close friend of mine and we > have had > multiple discussions concerning the show. He was approached a > while ago > to do that show and actually turned down Discovery several > times for a > lot of the reasons you guys have already mentioned. Yes, I > agree (as does > Aron), there are several portions of the show that are > cringe worthy. At > the end of the day, Discovery needed to introduce some > drama into the > show which is why there are so many cringy scenes. We > should all be > grateful though. Aron stood by his guns during the > production process and > flat out refused multiple times to say certain > things on camera that were > just flat out lies or too on the conspiracy > theory side of things. While > yes, there were LOTS of cringy scenes that > any veteran tesla people on > here should have been able to immediately > point out as fake, it could > have gone a LOT worse if Aron had let > Discovery do the REAL conspiracy > theory show they wanted to do. So be > thankful lol. > > PS, Some good did > come of the show. The documents from the archive > (while behind the scenes > were already preselected) were in fact never > before published. Aron, > Cameron, and the Discovery are currently the > only individuals from the > public currently known have copies of those > documents. Of course they > don't say anything useful, but still pretty > neat. I need to remind Aron > again to send me the PDF's he has of the > documents, including the ones > that were not shared on the TV show! > > Cheers > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla @ > pupman.com> @teslamad.com> @mchsi.com> @pupman.com> @charter.net> > > _______________________________________________ > > Tesla mailing list > > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > > _______________________________________________ > > Tesla mailing list > > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla @mchsi.com> @pupman.com> @pupman.com> @t-online.de> @pupman.com> @gmail.com>
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