Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">We have. The problem is to generate a significant amount of power you need a lot of sunlight to make a lot of steam. It gets impractical after a while, and the mirrors difficult to maintain.

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

could you please explain what exactly you did ? You just focused 4 small mirrors at a certain point yes ?

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">This is exactly what appears to have happened, but if you have ever used a magnifying glass to burn things with, it is the same basic priciple. basically the focused sun energy burned a hole in the stick. Now to only implement this on a large scale...

[ July 24, 2004, 20:08: Message edited by: kerensky ]

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

Yeah, but I also used those vanity mirrors, since they are slightly concave, and each one focuses down to a tiny spot.
Its like having a whole bunch of magnifying glasses working together http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Each one is enough to burn things like dry paper, and slowly oxidize heavier things...

With four together, it burns quite nicely, and today I set up 16 of them in the sandbox:

http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/t...f/16-smoke.jpg
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/t...ff/16-fire.jpg

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">On Tonights show...When Science goes bad http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumeri...heets/csp.html

http://www.mtpc.org/2004dev/cleanene...fo/thermal.htm

http://www.volker-quaschning.de/arti...2/index_e.html

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

all I can say is
Oh yeah! lots of burnination!

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

Stop that! You'll burn your eye out!

Seriously, be careful... and watch your backfield.

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

Don't be afraid atari eric, he is just looking for a new way to mow his grass.......... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ July 25, 2004, 21:13: Message edited by: Intimidator ]

Re: Homemade incinerator beam!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And the entire neighbourhood. Men with wooden sheds will run in fear! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif