Reply To: NIMBY FUD

[zapkitty]

MTd2 wrote:

Perhaps one could arrange all this so that the actuators are not crushed and do indeed help the electrodes align better for each shot… but essentially you’ve just introduced moving parts into a system that naturally cycles at hundreds of hertz and is already highly stressed.

Yes, this is the problem of realign the electrodes after each shot. The point of using actuators here is making the system remain at a fixed position.

And that’s my point. The switch electrodes are already supposed to be fixed in position now and as I understand it the switch geometry is still being altered sufficiently by the shots to affect the results. If you build leeway for movement into the system then it is [em]going to move[/em] regardless of actuators.

So, again, the question would be how can you make actuators work for you under those circumstances…