Bobby Keeland via EV wrote:
Mark said “I’m also building a Tesla Coil that throws 5’ lightning bolts.”
Have you read the book “The Seventh Plague” written by James Rollins? In
that book there is an extensive part about a guy that wants to generate
power for everyone by building a giant Tesla Coil. The Tesla Coil did not
work in that book.
Haven't heard of the book; but Tesla's broadcasted power experiments
were not tesla coils; they were low-frequency RF transmitters. At the
right frequency, RF will bend to follow the atmosphere between the
ground and space like a duct.
The theory is sound, but the losses are high and he didn't have the
technology to make it practical.
I also want to build a trebuchet.
Little ones are fun, and not hard to build. I have a toy one built out
of Erector set parts. Kids have fun throwing things with it. :-)
Unfortunately I’m still working on my solar water heater, my battery
backup for the solar panels, earth tubes and many other projects.
... not to mention electric cars. :-)
Retired does not mean having nothing to do ...
That's for sure!
Lee
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All children are born engineers. Watch them at play. They're not
just playing; they're experimenting, building and learning. That's
engineering! Then we get them in school and squash it out of them.
(Geoffrey Orsak, Southern Methodist University dean of engineering)
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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