Some thoughts on how the TPU might work.

[Grumpy]

(Disclaimer: No offense intended)

That image is not Otto's.  Perhaps the person that drew it wants to reamain anomynous.

[BEP]

Based upon my experiences I understand it this way:

The compass stops because once vertical dielectric current flows at
the maximum rate there is no magnetic field in the center.

Propagation velocity changes with different surroundings for a
conductor. Just bury your coax for the transmitter and see what it
does to transmission line performance. I think there was mention of
undersea cables, also. I'll never forget those delays.
Now run current through a shield or winding surrounding a conductor.
You increase or decrease the delay. I don't know if it can be used to
speed things above a 'conductor carrying current' with no external
influence.


The three layered TPU graphic shows four levels of velocity factor
influence over the bottom collector. Three only if you figure there is
at least one control coil fired at all times.
The middle layer then would have two and the top one...


So, yes. I would agree with waves riding the backs of others and
arrival times being different even though the lengths are the same.


Just my two cents...

[epwpixieq-1]

You can try to estimate by calculating 1/4 wavelength of control coil and apply this distance.

I was thinking for some time in this direction ... the problem I encounter is that any frequency in kH range has very long wavelength ...
For one of the mentioned ones, 245kH, the wave length comes to 1224.49 meters so any idea trying to utilize 1/4 wavelength in a TPU design bumps to a wall in my imagination. The other option, that is quite possible I have to admit, is that I am missing something important in the big picture.

 

[Grumpy]

Yeah...

[turbo]

Yeah.  Even in the MHz range 1/4 wavelength is long.

For whatever reason, the control coils don't appear to be directly against the collector. 

Sounding more electrostatic or may have no relation to the frequencies.

Grumpy,

Steven has never ever used the words control coils one single time.....

He did however speak of,

control wire
control wires
control wiring
control unit
control units
control device
control devices
control system
control circuit
control circuits
control frequencies
Control apparatus

Through the different control wire and coil wire arrangements you can keep complete control of the unit most of the time.

When he talks about coils, he is always reffering to the collector coils...

Now how come evreybody thinks the perpendiculair control wires are coils??

Marco.