Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:36:57 +0200, Michel Jullian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Applications of EHD to aircraft aerodynamics has been a subject of intense research recently, lookup e.g. OAUGDP. Why _piezo_ ceramic tiles BTW? Suppose that polyethelene-covered conductors at AC high frequency

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-24 Thread Michel Jullian
you were simply referring to metallized ceramic? Michel - Original Message - From: William Beaty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:36:57 +0200, Michel Jullian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-11 Thread William Beaty
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Horace Heffner wrote: I just got around to reading the experimental results at: http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/airexp.html I was surprised to see: - I can't see any effects from a 3/4 neodymium magnet. At 10nA, the magnetism around each thread must be incredibly small.

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-07 Thread Michel Jullian
to turn on. Do you agree with this? Regards, Michel - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets On Jun 6, 2007, at 5:01 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Hi Horace, Sorry

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 7, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Hi Horace, Let's try to agree on simple things, in a simple example. Say at t=0 the HV is turned on instantly and the +ve anode's tip starts emitting a dotted line of slow-flying +ve ions I'm curious - why do you use the notation +ve?

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-07 Thread Michel Jullian
currents, or do you expect a delay allowing for the flight time? Michel - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets On Jun 7, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Hi

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-07 Thread Horace Heffner
. Michel - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets On Jun 7, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Hi Horace, Let's try to agree on simple things, in a simple example. Say

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-06 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:08 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: No mix-up (I knew you meant the filaments) but a misunderstanding about what you want to measure probably. Your use of the word armature in this context was confusing. I had understood from your expression the ability to instantly

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-06 Thread Michel Jullian
- Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:08 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: No mix-up (I knew you meant the filaments) but a misunderstanding

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-06 Thread Michel Jullian
if what I wrote previously makes sense in this light, otherwise I can explain. Michel - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:08 AM, Michel

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-06 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 6, 2007, at 5:01 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Hi Horace, Sorry for the empty reply, my finger slipped. There will be no such delay, that was my point, except of course the subnanosecond speed of light delay for Coulomb forces to act across a few tens of cm, even if it takes 50

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-05 Thread thomas malloy
Horace Heffner wrote: On Jun 4, 2007, at 6:16 PM, thomas malloy wrote: Horace's post motivated me to visit Kiril's website. H says that he's restricting information, so he must be making progress. Who is H? Regards, Horace Heffner Oops, I ment to type He. ---

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-05 Thread Horace Heffner
A definitive test for thread vs drops would be the ability to instantly transmit an AC signal or fast pulse chain along the thread. You have already determined the thread velocity to be 5 to 10 MPH. It would take a couple isolation transformers T1 and T2, one with primary in series with

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 3, 2007, at 1:23 PM, William Beaty wrote: How are these filament-shaped flows even possible? I have a hypothesis. Suppose the ion jet sustains a mostly neutral current, with positive ions and electrons (or possibly some negative ions formed by air molecules taking on an extra

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
I just got around to reading the experimental results at: http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/airexp.html I was surprised to see: - I can't see any effects from a 3/4 neodymium magnet. At 10nA, the magnetism around each thread must be incredibly small. That's an indication the ratio of q/m is

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Michel Jullian
though. - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets I just got around to reading the experimental results at: http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/airexp.html I was surprised

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
I suspect the threads are nearly 100 percent polar molecules, CO2 and/ or water. This could be checked by eliminating CO2 and water from the air - provided a foolproof means exists for seeing the threads, or at least determining their existence through the current readings. If the threads

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Michel Jullian
]:Filament ion jets I suspect the threads are nearly 100 percent polar molecules, CO2 and/ or water. This could be checked by eliminating CO2 and water from the air - provided a foolproof means exists for seeing the threads, or at least determining their existence through the current readings

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 4, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: The place to start may be eliminating water... Would the phenomenon occur on a dry cathode? Well, you can't have a dry cathode if the air provides the water to the needle for the molecular stream. Bill's experiments were carried out

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
A post from 6 years ago ... dejas vous... At 9:12 AM 12/24/0, Horace Heffner wrote: Since the water molecule is an electrostatic dipole, it seems possible, especially in the presence of a strong electrostatic gradient, to get a chain of the form: H H H H H H H H H H

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Jones Beene
Nice idea, and perhaps it is still ahead of its proper time. Now if one can arrange the vector of multiple ion jets of water vapor to go vertically up a 400 ft cooling tower, and with a mass flow of ~1000 kg/sec, then ... got any ballpark figure on how much current can be carried? Jones

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 4, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Jones Beene wrote: Nice idea, and perhaps it is still ahead of its proper time. Now if one can arrange the vector of multiple ion jets of water vapor to go vertically up a 400 ft cooling tower, and with a mass flow of ~1000 kg/sec, then ... got any ballpark

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread thomas malloy
Horace Heffner wrote: Wild speculation: by magnetically putting corkscrew kinks in the jet, before throwing the switch, using a nearly longitudinally directed B, and using a really big C1, it might even be possible to generate ball lightning. I have previously posted about the research

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-04 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 4, 2007, at 6:16 PM, thomas malloy wrote: Horace's post motivated me to visit Kiril's website. H says that he's restricting information, so he must be making progress. Who is H? Regards, Horace Heffner

Re: [Vo]:Filament ion jets

2007-06-03 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 3, 2007, at 1:23 PM, William Beaty wrote: How are these filament-shaped flows even possible? I have a hypothesis. Suppose the ion jet is essentially neutral, with positive ions and electrons (or possibly negative ions formed by air molecules taking on an extra electron) flowing