Are you familiar with the basic triangular lifter? It is made with wire, some aluminium foil and balsa wood.
Would it be practical to make a triangular lifter using just paper, a pencil and/or india ink? e.g. On a long rectangular piece of paper a line drawn parallel to one edge would mimic the wire part. Shading the other half of the paper would mimic the foil part. Harry William Beaty wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > >> 3.5 volts works out to a resistance of about 27 gigohms. > > I *know* it's far more conductive than plastic in humid Boston weather, > since I was using paper strips as conductors when driving the pop-bottle > electrostatic motor with a VandeGraaff machine. Brown paper from paper > bags worked better than bond. > > Speaking of pencils, I found that india ink has enough carbon that it > behaves as Aquadag. For home-made VandeGraaff machines, one can make the > conductive sphere electrode out of papier mache, then paint it with a > couple of coats of india ink. > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-789-0775 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci >
