Ion power group.

[pomodoro]

Invest your money in a kite, and use your imagination to make a collector. Look at their vid
https://youtu.be/SuHBJWdgz9Y

[antimony]

Invest your money in a kite, and use your imagination to make a collector. Look at their vid
https://youtu.be/SuHBJWdgz9Y

Yeah, I thought i would. My daughter has a small Minnie Mouse kite that we have tried out but i am not sure that it will lift that much weight.

I havent tried it yet, but it is probably so that i will need a larger kite.

Would balloons with HHO gas do? I thought of this yesterday, but I dont know. 

[pomodoro]

Minnie is getting tougher these days, so don't underestimate that cute mouse!

The voltage up there is very high but the current is  piss weak. That's where their patented collector comes into play.  As I mentioned, I cant give away any secrets on how to get massive currents, but here are some no BS tips that my colleagues allow me to give you.

When you start out, use a small capacitor , say 0.01uF rated at 8Kv or more.  You then attach  some sort of quality spark gap between the cap terminals as a visual aid, perhaps a 2-5kV one.  One end of the cap is grounded, the other goes to a fine copper wire slightly wrapped around the cotton string that goes up to Minnie.  The copper wire goes all the way up to Minnie and is connected to your ion collector.  Your hands must be well isolated with rubber gloves etc because any leaks through your body will not allow the cap to charge.

Dont touch the copper wire and don't touch the cotton string either. Use a good plastic reel that insulates your hand from the string . If all goes well you will see sparks. Dont use diodes as yet and don't try to measure the voltage with your multimeter. Go as high as possible with Minnie.

Work hard in the workshop on the detector ,to get charge on the cap, dont use diodes at this point unless you want to collect radio signals or power line radiation.
Most importantly, .....


Dont be tempted to spray Minnie with graphite, unless you want an Angry Mickey on steroids at your door.

[Cherryman]

Yeah, I thought i would. My daughter has a small Minnie Mouse kite that we have tried out but i am not sure that it will lift that much weight.

I havent tried it yet, but it is probably so that i will need a larger kite.

Would balloons with HHO gas do? I thought of this yesterday, but I dont know.

That will work, i remember it has come along a few times in the last century, even a patent ..
I will look


Edit: Found the picture i was thinking of.


I added a picture and a link to some more info:


[size=78%]http://www.nuenergy.org/power-from-the-air-follow-up/[/size]

[antimony]

I was thinking that a balloon can stays up for longer periods of time.
Are Helium expensive or could HHO be a good choice as long as it stays clear of any open flame or spark?

I hooked up a gas discharge tube that fire each time the caps have charged up to around 100 volts, and it disccharges into another capacitor.

I am going to try this with some other caps, and loads so see what is possible.
I just want it to fire more foten,  so either i have to have it at higher altitude, or get a gdt that fires at lower voltages. 

I love that picTure btw