Re: [ATM] Re: synthetic jets

["James Lerch" <jlerch1@tampabay.rr.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mdholm@telerama.com>

> > Georgia Tech has come up with a method of breaking up thermal boundary
> > layers by creating an airflow with tiny vortices.
>
> I expect those tiny vortices don't travel very far before damping out.
>
> They say they drive these things at 100 - 200 Hz.  Concert A is 440 Hz, So
these
> drivers should fit nicely in the bass section of your atm choir.

For those with a sense of humor,  did anyone else get the mental image of a 10"
dob shooting "Smoke Rings" on a foggy night :)

If a strobe light was added to the focuser, it would bring a whole new meaning
to "Shooting the Ring with my 10" Dob" :0

Now, back to your regularly scheduled ATMing

Take Care,
James Lerch
http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction,testing, and coating site)

"Anything that can happen, will happen" -Stephen Pollock from:
"Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos"

" Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
                                                           Calvin Coolidge

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