Re: My first ARSG - Tribute to Terry Blake !

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Dan,

I really like the design!

A see a few others think it should be classified as a weapon of mass 
destruction ;-) but "I" would rather have this come apart at 10,000 RPM 
rather than a conventional rotor.  Any high speed gap can be a bomb, but 
this one looks like it would have far less powder ;-))  Having the rod hit 
one at 200 feet/sec is bad.  But getting hit by a five pound rotor (or its 
fragments) at 200f/s is bad too!

If they can hold the blades on a helicopter, I think we can figure out how 
to hold this rod in place ;-)  I would use like G-10 and epoxy.  "I" guess 
"I" would test it flying off too just to see what happens and see what 
needs to be done to hold it in.  But such testing would have to be done 
very safely.  It may be possible to use a far shorter rod too.

This design is really nice in that you can use a small common motor to run 
it.  No need for big heavy 1/4 hp motors!

BTW - Don't be put off buy the sudden safety concerns.  We just don't want 
you to get hurt by a new design that "may" have hidden dangers.  But I 
think the idea is great!!

Cheers,

         Terry


At 09:31 PM 1/22/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I just finished my first ARSG and to my knowledge, I think I am the first to
>follow in the footsteps of Terry Blake's Propeller-Rotor design.
>Thanks to Terry Blake's ingeniusness, we individuals who lack the machining
>equipment to make a precision balanced rotor can now have a
>top quality rotary spark gap.
>
>Here is a picture of my ARSG:
>
>http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/images/arsg01.jpg
>
>Here is the complete webpage:
>
>http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/teslacoil9.htm
>
>And here you can see the genius himself at work creating a wide variety of
>different Propellar-Rotor sparkgap designs:
>
>http://www.tb3-dot-com/tesla/sparkgaps/index.html
>
>Thanks again Terry for the help!!!  Lets hope it works as good as it looks!
>Better wear those safety glasses!
>
>Dan