Timeline for Tesla coils as spaceship weaponry - would they work?
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| Aug 2, 2020 at 22:06 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Since you're first assuming the weapons belong on a spaceship, why would you not rather ask how many readers might care, even if they did notice? If that truly matters, why not invent Whizwow Coils? | |
| Aug 2, 2020 at 20:08 | comment | added | Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI | Tesla coils use electric current. Vacuum is a spectacularly good insulator. This wouldn't work. | |
| Aug 2, 2020 at 15:36 | comment | added | Hot Licks | The main problem is that the effect would only be effective for a few feet, maybe 100 feet maximum. Hardly useful in a space war. | |
| Aug 2, 2020 at 14:49 | answer | added | Matija Nalis | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 2, 2020 at 5:24 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 1, 2020 at 21:55 | vote | accept | Ceramicmrno0b | ||
| Aug 1, 2020 at 21:42 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 15 | |
| Aug 1, 2020 at 21:20 | history | asked | Ceramicmrno0b | CC BY-SA 4.0 |