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Speaking of railguns, have you seen the EMALS system on the Bush (CVN78) ?

http://atg.ga.com/EM/defense/emals/index.php

CVF

I like the sound of that

IMO means "in my opinion". That means it is an OPINION. No trial. No verdict.

Skepticism is always appropriate when someone wants me to invest based on limited information.

One other thing, Pamela Mosier-Boss has worked with Fleischmann for a few years, she is a firm part of the 'cold fusion' camp. And your point? If there is a physical phenomenon underlying all of the anomalous results then why should it matter what "camp" the researcher comes from? Are you perhaps a...

jwalding wrote:I have considered the design of the polywell for about two weeks now.

Well, there you go.

I say we shut down the forum

Love to have one of these to kick start the BFG.

thought you'd like it...

A General Atomics press release in July, 2008 said that the storage subsystem was operational (in Tupelo, MS). They were continuously cycling the system to simulate 250 launches per day.

And the new test facility building is only 5000 sq. ft.

More detail here, but no size for the flywheel, which turns @6000RPM in a vacuum vessel:

http://www.edn.com/contents/images/207108.pdf

My VA illustration was only to translate MJ into something more people can identify with - you could just as well say 1,000,000V@30A or 100V@300,000A Have you seen a size for a disk alternator? I haven't been able to track down that information. The size quoted is for the entire catapult, which is o...

On a related topic, the new Ford Class carrier will have an EMALS launch system instead of steam catapults: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Aircraft_Launch_System Discharge rates of 30+ MJ/sec (100MJ in less than 3 seconds). In VA terms - how about 10,000V@3,000A. I think that solves th...

"I just love it when a plan comes together"

Okay, Hannibal

It is interesting that we have been here long enough that topics are starting to get recycled. Welcome to the web! It truly IS systemic. One anecdote: I have an interest old Case garden tractors. They are unusual in that they use motor oil as the fluid in their hydraulic system. There is a Yahoo gr...

LEFT-ON, brother!

Of course, this is the high-altitude research version with the stretched wing.

The original B-57 planform looked a lot more "typical" of english "twin jets" of the era (think meteor, etc.)

Simon: My parents asked me what I wanted for my 12th birthday, and I told them a trip to the Edison museum (living in northern NJ at the time). Only 39 years ago... Tom: There is a restored (NOT a replica), flying N9M at Planes of Fame in Chino, California. I have looked it over, but haven't seen it...