[dorkbotsea-blabber] Matt Stiger's new beast.

[Wim Lewis]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 5:24 PM, John Miles wrote:
> Cool as hell.  I wish I had that much space (and electricity) to  
> play with!
>
> What type of gap is this coil running?  Rotary?  I've seen a few
> Soviet-surplus hydrogen thyratrons on eBay lately.  Hmm.

Hmm indeed. It looks like thyratrons do do a good job in Tesla coils:
    http://www.electricspacecraft.com/hull%20for%20web.pdf

I'd assumed that thyratrons had been pretty much supplanted by things  
like silicon-carbide FETs and IGBTs, but I guess not.