Laser induced plasma channels are better en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser#:~:text=A%20laser%2Dinduced%20plasma%20channel,an%20electrically%20conductive%20plasma%20channel. And you've got something that's close to phasers from star trek but unfortunately they don't work in space Though I wonder if you could use something like a particle accelerator in space to create a beam of particles that can be ionised
This is why they made project MARAUDER classified after the Shiva Star experiments. It works even better in a low-pressure environment. Reminds me of the dense plasma focus designs for pulsed plasmoid discharges. Very cool. You may even be able to condition the plasmoid into a FRC field-reversed-configuration, by using an RMF field coil and an expansion nozzle made of flux conserving copper rings.
Not at this stage. I am currently doing my research at a college and they would not be happy if I tried that😆. I have other things I want to try to "power" it while in flight
What if you aimed a strong electromagnetic radiation source at the direction that the plasma toroid is going at (lets say a microwave magnetron) so that it would keep the plasma going for a longer distance. You know, plasma is very conductive and microwaves may keep the plasma excited in that state for longer distances? (maybie you would need to make a plasma toroid a multiple of wavelength of microwaves or hlaf the wavelenght, something like that)
By enclosed do you mean a vacuum? His stuff is definitely awesome, I am guessing he is compressing a chamber with alcohol or butane and air and then letting it out very quickly across a high-voltage spark to create a large and powerful flame. Keep me updated with your results, I am interested in seeing if there is potential in making his design form a toroid as his range and power would increase drastically if it was confined in such a structure.
Oh no, by enclosed I mean like having a Clear tube around the metal rod. This should hopefully keep the torus from dissipating. And I will give any results if I find any!
Carlos's design is good but it could be better with some form of plasma confinement. Even having a tube like one of those smoke ring cannons would probably improve the efficiency.
Плазменное кольцо не ускоряется стержнем. Стержень способствует стабильности, поскольку он индуцирует токи в плазме, заставляя ее принимать форму кольца. В будущем я надеюсь проверить, будет ли его питать линия электропередачи.
This model does not have that kind of power. The government was working on a version in the 80's that would convert most of its kinetic energy (20 MJ) into electromagnetic radiation and XRAYS on impact. So it is definitely possible, just not at this size. I need much more velocity and compression on my toroid to achieve this.
@@PlasmaFreak nice! That sounds like a less cumbersome system than trying to reload aluminum foil etc to fire it again as I’ve seen with some electro thermal launchers. Explains the “clean” plasma as well. Great work, it reminds me of this scene in Sky Captain and The World Of Tomorrow: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t7Ji5gHw-f4.html
@@deltab9768 I forgot about that scene, I used to love watching that movie! It definitely is a cleaner system to run, not to mention, you can get a bunch of shots off (depending on the amount of energy your dumping) before the electrodes need to be replaced.
I can introduce gases and metal salts to produce different plasma colors, but there is no fuel per se. It is just the direct ionization of air and from there it is shaped into a toroid.
@@PlasmaFreak Freaking sweet! What would get it to travel farther? ALSO if what you say is true, try a video using sodium, copper, lithium, indium and calcium salts!
Not sure. Up close next the the barrel the toroid is moving at a few thousand ft/s and creates a lot of damage. It exponentially decreases in energy pretty rapidly. I need to compress and accelerate the toroid to high velocities to start getting useful kinetic energy outputs from my system. Unfortunately, I do not have the money to buy the amount of copper necessary for such a devices rails
I wonder if you made the ring’s diameter smaller, if it would travel farther. Maybe if you somehow made its diameter around an inch, and stretched out its length so it’s the same volume of plasma per shot (I know nothing about physics so don’t take this too seriously)
No, you are absolutely right! I could use a coaxial-style railgun to "shrink" the toroid to a smaller diameter. It would definitely go further due to high plasma density, temperature, as well as the massive velocity increase. Unfortunately, I can't afford the copper needed at the moment 🤣
@@PlasmaFreak Is plasma affected by magnets, because if so what if you accelerated/compressed it using magnets… And if you managed to have two barrels, one inside the other, and had one shooting plasma with a positive charge, and the other with a negative charge. Would they attract and keep the “bolt” together for longer. I know plasma is neutral, so idk if it can be specifically charged.
Yes, this uses an ETG to create the initial plasma burst. The ETG is just using air as "fuel", no aluminum or other material is used as I initiate the plasma with a spark gap system.
Theoretically, yes. I would need a much larger power source to achieve anything useful. At higher energy levels these things can be highly efficient at converting electrical energy into kinetic. At high enough levels they will even convert much of their kinetic energy into X-rays and radiation on impact with a solid target
