I'm not which board this belongs on, but "general" seemed like the best choice. Although I do spend a lot of my time tinkering with RC stuff, my other passion (and the one I hope to make pay some day) is particle physis. Over the last year and a half, two of my friends and myself have been working on building our on particle accelerator, a type called a cyclotron. We now have a website: http://thecyclotronkids.com I thought some of you would enjoy that The "technical" stuff is linked to on the project description page, there is a full explanation of the design there. Have fun!
No, it is you who I suspect will have the fun. All I did back in the day was build tesla coils. Pax, A.
OK, so you live in MD... Thank god. That would be the other side of the country. [xx(] Seriously, that's cool.... Knew someday I'd meet the kids building a nuke in their back yard. You have any pics of the model? Or are you still in design phase? (The more design the better for that one)
We are actually in the funding phase right now, we are scrambling to find $6,500 or all of our parts as donations. So far we actually have a company who wants to donate an almost complete vacuum system, so our plan seems to be working! For those who are interested, we will be appearing on the radio station KOA 850 on June 8th (this Sunday) at 11AM EST. We are being interviewed about this project, we hope to find some donors that way. So if you can listen in, please do so; it should be a good show If you live no where near Denver, you can listen at www.850koa.com
That is so awesome! Making antimatter is a great way to spend the summer (or year, or however long it takes).
Wow, my faith in the presence of scientific/technical interests among today's students has been restored. The best of luck to you. If I have a chance, I'll definitely be tuning-in online. Let me just offer a small piece of advice with regard to possible future projects: if you ever decide you want to build any form of magneto plasma dynamic engine/drive/thruster, be careful of where you put it and how you enclose it when you flip the "on" switch.[]
