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For the Small Lifter:
- balsa wood
- 8 pieces: 3mm x 2mm x 75mm
- 6 pieces: 6mm x 2mm x 200mm
- thin aluminum foil - 3 pieces: 220mm x 90mm
- 620mm of thin copper wire (stripped of any insulation)
- large plastic drinking straw
- cyanoacrylate glue (also called "Crazy Glue")
- scissors, exacto knife (for cutting pieces)
For the Large Lifter:
- balsa wood
- 8 pieces: 3mm x 2mm x 75mm
- 6 pieces: 6mm x 2mm x 300mm
- thin aluminum foil - 3 pieces: 320mm x 90mm
- large plastic drinking straw
- 920mm of thin copper wire (stripped of any insulation.)
- cyanoacrylate glue (also called "Crazy Glue")
- scissors, exacto knife (for cutting pieces)
For Testing Apparatus:
- ½” PVC piping
- 2 pieces: 3 ft long
- 2 pieces: 1.5 ft long
- two ½” PVC pipe caps
- two ½” PVC “T” ’s
- four ½” PVC pipe elbows
- wooden dowel: 2cm in diameter, 3 feet long
- monofiliment: 2 pieces, 2 feet long each
- pipe glue
- two screws and screwdriver
- large cardboard protractor (quarter-circular, with marks every 10 degrees)
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Above: Large cardboard protractor for use in the testing apparatus. |
For Testing Purposes:
- high voltage power supply capable of supplying about 30kV
- alligator clips
- 2 pieces of wire, approx. 50cm each, per lifter
- tripod
- small piece of doughnut-shaped cardboard
- tape
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