[NewCandle] Death of Mr. Wizard

[Jones Beene]

Keith

> So Jones, how about those numbers. Did you work them through?
> Any comments?

You mean for EMILIE?

To be honest, I do not trust any pulse-power numbers which are not made 
with a dedicated power analyzer any more. It is too easy to fool oneself 
with RMS calculations. This is why EarthTech will not even comment on 
data made with anything else than their Clarke-Hess.

And also - this is why auto-rotation is so very important. No one can 
doubt self-power - and there is no good excuse for not having self-power 
with some of the numbers which can be guesstimated by what Terry 
indicated. This should be a massive magnetic field.

BTW - in any such "ramp" design, where there is a sticky point and a 
dedicated release magnet, I have made the contention before - and have 
yet to hear an effective counter-argument against it - that the release 
magnet, any release magnet, is a waste of time. They are all lossy.

If a properly designed flywheel will not provide the torque necessary 
for release, then NO electro-magnet has a chance. Almost any flywheel 
with a good thrust bearing will be 99% efficient, and I have yet to see 
any pulsed electromagnet which is close to that. Go figure.

Not to mention - if you believe in the "Aspden effect" and it does seem 
valid to a small degree, then the flywheel itself may be slightly OU in 
a differential sense. That is to say, even if the net COP is than one in 
total, as we all know to be true since there is friction and windage, 
yet when the RPM range is within in a prime torque range for that wheel, 
there could be a tiny differential leveling boost - say COP 1.01. This 
would be ideal in that application.

I could probably explain that better, given time.

Jones