Portable zappers emit but don't shoot...
Think physical contact or at best close proximity (close and personal as the SF like to say) required...
The militaries beamed weapon is a far better crowd controller, since who wants to hang around if they feel like their skin is on fire...
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Posted by Lightning Joe
22nd May 2012
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ionize the air eh?
Posted by LynnOpportunity
28th May
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Shocking
Posted by CaptD
21st May 2012
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Controlling the lightning bolt
The big problem in the past is that you can create a lightning bolt, but you can't always control where it goes. Mythbusters tried this with a huge Tesla coil, and they couldn't control where the bolt went. It's not even an issue of how well the target is grounded, it's totally unpredictable.
Posted by zackers
21st May 2012
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One pre-conditions the path one WANTS the bolt to take, as in shooting an IR lazer down the path to ionize the air, and THEN sending out the charge...
Posted by Lightning Joe
22nd May 2012
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Ionize the air eh?
I have a 150 watt CO2, it doesn't ionize air. I have a 350 milliwatt Helium Cadmium, it doesn't ionize air. I just sold my 9 watt Argon, it didn't ionize air. Oh I mean, ENOUGH to allow a lightning waveguide. So are you speaking of firing maybe a 50 kilowatt X-Ray enhanced, Excimer Gas Dynamic Laser to make that path? Because if so, the melted residue won't be affected by the 150K electrostatic watts, that follows. ; ) hehe
Posted by DoctorEigenFlow
Updated - 23rd May
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ionize the air eh?
spoil sport. Don't you like fun?
Posted by LynnOpportunity
28th May