Podkletnov-Interview.. - American Antigravity

AAG: One of the things that I was wondering about is whether you’ve been able to doefficiency calculations for the force-beam.Podkletnov: Well, Dr. Giovanni Modanese made some preliminary measurements thatgave us the force in joules, but we did not try to make predictions – we wanted to simply see theresults of how different objects reacted to the action of this impulse, so we didn’t make anyprecise calculations.AAG: The type-II YBCO emitter measured 47mm in diameter, if I remember correctly. Doeschanging the size or the shape change the beam output – maybe making it stronger orrefocusing it?Podkletnov: Well, in terms of the size ofthe superconducting emitter, there are somelimitations. The diameter of the superconductorshouldn’t be smaller than 4 inches, because of theSchwartzchild radius. Now to answer yourquestion, in terms of the shape of the emitter, thesuperconductor can in fact have different shapes,and the projected impulse will maintain theemitter’s cross-sectional shape, so is important.AAG: The 4-inch minimum size for thesuperconductor seems to limit the public’s ability toperform experimental replications. The largestcommercial available superconductor that I’ve seenis a 1” superconductor – so it sounds like theemitters require custom fabrication?Podkletnov: Well the size is very important– we didn’t get any good results with smallersuperconductors, and it’s also more difficult tocreate the correct flat-glow discharge with smallersuperconductors.AAG: Have you noticed any changes in themolecular structure, internal materialsdeformation, or maybe simple mechanicalcompression in the targets that you’d sent the beamthrough? You’d mentioned metals deforming andholes through concrete…Podkletnov: We didn’t see anycompression effects or any change of the molecularstructure – just a large scale deformation of thetarget material from the beam’s force.AAG: I should ask whether the beam losesenergy as it penetrates materials. Does it naturallydecrease or diverge with distance?Emitter Configuration: Schematic of twosuperconducting emitter apparatus designs.American Antigravity.Com Page 3 of 13