Tuesday, 16 November 2004

Lifter News
Mood:  lucky
Topic: Lifters
Demonstration of my 1 foot lifter and payload bucket at Remington College's fun day I am the guy in the center . The power supply provides 0 to 25kV at up to 450mA. Some innovations of this unit were full insulation between the anode and cathode with a sheath between the up right supports for the anode the horizontal supports of the cathode. This also creates a friction socket making adjustment between the anode and the cathode efficient. It also gives supporting evidence of the cathode being drawn towards the anode. In opposition to the direction of the ion flow. Which gives credence for the Bifield/Brown effect. The design also has another innovation of replacing the sharp edges of the triangle on the cathode with a gradual curve which improves performance. weight 4.5 grams with out payload bay, 2 grams for the payload bay. max payload ~2.8 grams max payload total MAX load is ~9.3 grams. My findings from this lifter are while higher voltages are desirable as well as larger surface area, increasing the current improves lift capability with out having to change the distance between the cathode and anode. Also you do not have to increase surface area to increase the payload capacity.

Saturday, 4 September 2004

Projects
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: AC DC
Topic: Lifters
Current projects:

I have finished upgrading my HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY so now it is adjustable from 0 to +30kv. I still haven't made a descent case for it though.

I am scehdule for three demonstration for the lifter project in the next couple of weeks. I am in the process of building a new three foot single cell lifter it will have over 9 linear feet for the collector. With this surface area I should be able to have some cargo on board to better demonstrate its lifting ability.

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