How to make multiple Kicks

[Hoppy]

Hi Bruce,
Think that SM could have faked nearly all the experiments using stripped down Cyclon batteries.
That is not to say I think he did - just that, I think, the battery tech was available then and it would have been fairly easy to pull off.
I am sure Cyclon batteries were around at the time as they were used by control line model planes that looped around a pole in the ground.


Meggerman

Having followed the TPU thread through much of its long drawn-out existence, I agree that SM faked all of the smaller TPU's. It's also very likely that the large TPU was faked, despite being cut through with a hack saw, simply by cutting through the toroid in a convenient gap between battery cells.  As has been previously pointed out by Milehigh, its quite feasible to conceal enough batteries in all of the TPU's to demonstrate the lighting of lamps for the duration shown in the various videos posted. See my faked replication of the small TPU here. This fake was quickly knocked-up using a 'ring' of Ni-Cad 'C' cells and a simple transformer inverter all wound up in black duct tape. I deliberately did not want to build this fake well enough to cast any doubt that it was not a fake, thus you can see the outline of the transformer and battery cells through the duct tape. However, I could have quite easily faked a much better built and more believable TPU, especially the big TPU.

[cheappower2012]

Hoppy
Here you go again,last time you called a.king21 a liar.Did you use a 100 watt bulb,what was the output dc or ac.How long did it light.

[Hoppy]

Hoppy
Here you go again,last time you called a.king21 a liar.Did you use a 100 watt bulb,what was the output dc or ac.How long did it light.

  To the contrary, as I have in the past congratulated Bruce on his work. Just because my opinion is that SM most likely faked his videos, does not mean that I think that Bruce is lying and I have certainly not said this!

The bulb I used was 240V / 60W rated and it stayed alight for at least 10mins. The bulb ran on AC. The cells were not tagged sintered plate, so I could have had much better performance from good quality, heavy duty Ni-Cads.

[rensseak]

  To the contrary, as I have in the past congratulated Bruce on his work. Just because my opinion is that SM most likely faked his videos, does not mean that I think that Bruce is lying and I have certainly not said this!

The bulb I used was 240V / 60W rated and it stayed alight for at least 10mins. The bulb ran on AC. The cells were not tagged sintered plate, so I could have had much better performance from good quality, heavy duty Ni-Cads.

And what was the weight of your faked TPU?

[Hoppy]

And what was the weight of your faked TPU?

I didn't weigh it.