Re: Possible Record

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Possible Record
From: wysock-at-ttr-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:05:08 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme
Dear Terry, Nick, et.al.,

I must disagree with what Nick wrote below.  I have had many 
first-hand experiences working on Project Tesla (when it was at 
Wendover, Utah,) and know for a personal fact that the longest 
discharge (straight line) from the extra coil, was just over 55 feet 
(inside the quanset-style hanger.)  I have 100's of feet of 16 mm 
film footage, that I took myself, over 1977-1980 period from that 
operation.  I also have many 35mm color transparanices that document 
all of the equipment and its performance.  I also know from past 
correspondance with Toby Grotz (who worked on Golka's project after 
he moved the operation to Leadville, Colorado,) that this system 
never approched, let alone equaled or exceeded, the performance Bob 
obtained at Wendover.  The reason why I know that Bob's best 
performance was just over 55 feet, is because I climbed up the roof 
bracing in the hanger, and dropped a plumb line down to the corona 
point, that was placed on top of the conical top-most 10 or so turns 
on Bob's extra coil.  Having marked this distance, I climbed back 
down and then measured the lenght of line.  (The steel bracing 
members in that hanger probably handn't been cleaned in more then 40 
years and when I came down, I had to take off all my cloths and take 
a shower!  It was *that* dirty up there!  BTW, Bob had no hot water
in the hanger, so one had to "disipline" one's self, to the idea that 
a *really* cold shower was a *good thing!!*  Needles to say,
the lenght of time spend in 40 degree shower water was kept to
the absolute minimum!

Best regards,
Bill Wysock.

> Date:          Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:13:05 -0700
> To:            tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:       Re: Possible Record
> From:          Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>

> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
>         From the description and judging from the 7.5 foot extra coil, I
would
> say the arc shown in the pickture is 40 feet max.  From what I have
heard, the
> building at Wendover was not big enough to contain a 105 foot arc??  
> 
> However, Richard Quick is an authority...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>         Terry
> 
> 
> At 07:01 PM 03/19/2000 +0000, you wrote: 
> >
> > Hi All,
> >          after the avlaon idea came on list I did a bit of digging to
try and
> > find a fairly definitive longest spark ever from a TC.  The Robert Golka
> > 'Project Tesla' system is reported (by Richard Quick) to have achieved 105
> > feet maximum spark length.  It is not clear what input power he was running
> > at the time, but it was in excess of 150kVA, which was the rated
capacity of
> > his generator.
> > Unless anyone on list knows of anything longer I think this is probably the
> > definitive record.
> > For details check out tesla50.doc and tesla50.jpg in the pictures/misc/
> > directory of the funeti tesla archives.
> >  
> > Regards
> > Nick Field
> 
> 
> 
> 
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