At 10:25 am 26/08/2005 -0400, Terry wrote: >> From: Grimer > >> It is not difficult to imagine such a structure >> generating or breaking up into vortex rings. > > Maybe that's ball lightning.
I suspect that a ring vortex may be the precursor to a ball on the basis that a ball has the maximum volume per unit surface area thereby representing a terminus for all other shapes. >My toy vortex gun, the Whammo Air Blaster: > >http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/toys/index.html > > (2/3rds down the page) had a tapered barrel to > increase the velocity of the ring by reducing > the diameter. How would we emulate this with > B-atm. Not merely tapered, Terry. The barrel looks like a Vortexian Alpha-aether weapon 8-). Maybe it has spiral rifling on the inside as well to give the air a spin and thereby increase the stability of the vortex rings as they traverse the 30 feet specified on the box. >Wait a minute, this sounds like we're designing weapons. :-) Well, aren't we? <g> This is beginning to remind me of the Flight of the Phoenix. Mind you, the latest film doesn't compare with the 1965 version. Cheers, Frank
