I thought I'd throw this question out to the group, since it's been bugging me since I first learned about noble gas engines: how in the world did Joe Papp figure all this out? My theory is that his approach was to replicate lightning and use it as a substitute for traditional fuel. Thoughts?
Brad

Quote from bcat06 on September 17th, 2012, 08:58 AM

I thought I'd throw this question out to the group, since it's been bugging me since I first learned about noble gas engines: how in the world did Joe Papp figure all this out? My theory is that his approach was to replicate lightning and use it as a substitute for traditional fuel. Thoughts?
Brad

some people just "have it"

my input...
god gives us all a gift of some kind... tesla, others... some are given the gift of understanding... its all in if you want to use your gift to its fullest.

till one tries... one will not know...

~Russ

Quote from ~Russ/Rwg42985 on September 18th, 2012, 01:03 AM

Quote from bcat06 on September 17th, 2012, 08:58 AM

I thought I'd throw this question out to the group, since it's been bugging me since I first learned about noble gas engines: how in the world did Joe Papp figure all this out? My theory is that his approach was to replicate lightning and use it as a substitute for traditional fuel. Thoughts?
Brad

some people just "have it"

my input...
god gives us all a gift of some kind... tesla, others... some are given the gift of understanding... its all in if you want to use your gift to its fullest.

till one tries... one will not know...

~Russ

Could be, could also be that in the former sovjet republic they used to do more science in these fields... and maybe he connected some dots from there?

Dear Watson,

Possibilities in finding out what Papp knew.

One way is to find out where he studied, and what projects he worked on in that time.

Plus later on he joined the military, became a pilot and may have had excess to military science documents.

Also it may be of interest, what in those days in that country, where the sources of science that covered gases and plasma etc.
Could be mainly Russian science.

But him being hungarian(?) if there would have been some fellow countryman doing something in the mentioned field, then Papp would have read that with more eager then the russian stuff i guess.

It may also be interesting to find what other sources were open to Papp when he came to America. So what science was done in his field in those days?

Wasn't there some other fellow in his beginning days that claimed a similar invention?

Follow these clue's and report back a.s.a.p.

S.Holmes