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- Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:24 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: magrid configuration brainstorming
- Replies: 632
- Views: 274428
I thought of the spinning idea, but the problem is that mass inertia in the plasma wiffleball interior is a very small force when compared with the electrostatic forces. Consequently the rotational velocity would need to be huge to give the smoothing effect, and any irregularity in the magnetic fiel...
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FOOD FIGHT Lets beat each other up , Politics is fun.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9280
MSimon has provided a place where political discussion can continue. As I am not American I don't wish to weigh in to the Sarah Palin / Dem / Rep / fillInTheBlank debate. But I also would not like Talk Polywell to lose its reputation because of a run of ranting on political issues. Joe Strout has th...
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:56 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Low Pressure Wiffleball
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13805
Hello Bob, I expect that right now the EMC2 folks are in the thick of reports and discussion about the results of their experimental work. The verdict from the Navy as to continued funding may well be contingent on that report. The team will probably have little time to eat and sleep, let alone answ...
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:35 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: New Energy Reports the Latest
- Replies: 59
- Views: 37393
This entire discussion is NOT really appropriate for this area, let alone for this website. At the very least it ought to be moved to the "General" area. Unfortunately, people sometimes get off topic, and then things get carried away. I am herby calling on one of the moderators to somehow get this ...
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:21 am
- Forum: Administration
- Topic: Registered but not yet active?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 415516
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:04 am
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: So... what if it didn't work?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 22904
The review process is not enabled with God-like powers, so it might be wrong on "things". But the process itself is all good. More review, the better, I think. If the review provides any answer, it will show either - the polywell **cannot** work because of physics reasons - the present design does n...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:57 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Q&A : Major hurdles to overcome for Polywell Reactors
- Replies: 50
- Views: 34361
Much smaller than WB6; though the exact dimensions are not available to my knowledge. A picture of WB6 is available on the EMC2 web page, and if you consider the coil dimension is 300mm, you should be able to deduce the chamber dimensions from that. I estimate it is over a metre diameter. Regards, T...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:54 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Are there Line Cusps in the Polywell?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5125
- Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:11 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Any official news as of late July 2008?
- Replies: 154
- Views: 94329
Hello Betruger, Difficult situation. If your correspondent has really got a good idea, and has solved many of the problems, then he should get in touch with venture capitalists ... universities often have commercialisation departments who will help in this area. However the net is awash with people ...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:41 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: The problem with ion convergence
- Replies: 126
- Views: 62662
Hello scareduck, The thread on what is or isn't science always applies. **especially** applies here, where the onus of proof is on us and we have not got a lot of answers. While we may move forward, awaiting experimental results, we have to recognise that neither blind faith nor bluster will do us a...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:05 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Latest On Space Elevators and Power Beaming
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11040
Hello tombo, Your slingshot idea was used by (among others) missionaries in Ecuador in the 1950s (read about Jim Elliott, "Through gates of splendour"). They found that the tethered object moved to the centre of the circle of turn, and became almost motionless while the plane orbited around it. The ...
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:39 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Where's the beef?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 72252
Hmmm. I'll back a calculation over an intuition any day. The calculation is at least tangible, reducible to components which can be tested and checked by others, and discussable by those interested. Intuition is perilously close to religion (God said it is this way, I believe it, and that settles it...
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:01 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Possible wiffle-ball analytical solution
- Replies: 88
- Views: 63873
I've been mulling over icarus's and Indrek's images for some time. It seems that the lowest containment field strength points are at the point and line cusps where they intersect with the "imaginary" superconducting sphere. If I understand it aright, these points would represent the places where spe...
- Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:04 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: The problem with ion convergence
- Replies: 126
- Views: 62662
Hello Art, I would ask you to continue your investigations into the theoretical underpinnings of polywell. While I do not have the physics knowledge as yet to comment meaningfully, never-the-less I think that (in the absence of experimental results) the theoretical investigations are eminently worth...