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Uploaded by on Jan 20, 2007

A pretty nice tesla-powered ion motor I made a few minutes ago because of being bored..

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  • i made one years ago and it didn't work after destroying it in anger i realized what the problem was ,the varnish i coated my coil with was conducting.thus no coil just a copper tube,if that makes sense,cheers nice stuff.

  • @1000000volts that's sad, though I never had such an experience myself - epoxy works well, although for SSTC I used black coal-containing spray paint, felt risky but went out well somehow 0_0 Had a problem with some varnish however, one burned out in an arcover and started to conduct, it also broke down in an SGTC we built together with friends.

  • nice toy i want to make one can you make a video on how to make one i'll bet alot of ppls will build one if you show us how cheers mate

  • @yort002 trolls. Google is your best friend - or you've never seen how many coiling resources are out there? And no, I'd never say "a lot" as everyone who actually needed already had time at least to put the search string in. If you care of the arrow itself - like I said, a needle with a bent tip and a counterweight, with some simple suspension. Nothing tricky at all.

  • so you had the tesla coil and then what, stuck a bent wire on a hinge and hooked it up?

  • xactly - bent wire with a counterweight suspended on a needle to make a somewhat lower friction.

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  • looks safe to me, lol

  • touch it

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  • please touch ittttttttt

  • For moments I thought I was hearing lightsaber sounds.

  • nice. I want to make one but i can't find good info on the web. if you still have any info or a video can you send me it.

  • what happens if you touch one of those lightning-like beams?

  • That is NOT a ion engine

  • wow he must had a blckout after that experament got a electricity bill saying i own this house

  • How does it work? I only found some CEBNSORED videos about that. Is there secrets behind this?

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