Reply To: No-go for cheap fusion?

[Milemaster]

How does the angle between the two fast Alpha particles correlate to the almost linear beam output FF expects to channel trough the coil to extract energy? It seems that this might be a problem or at least a efficiency drop of the reactor. I imagine two situations in which this angle would impair to reach a maximum efficiency.
First: If an axial alignment is reached by means of the magnetic action of the plasmoid, this would contribute to its instability, decreasing size and duration of the reaction, thus less atoms would fuse.
Second: If a non axial alignment is inevitable the alpha particles shooted to the wall of the chamber are lost, its energy transformed in heat and we will need other type of shielding and overcome erosion problems.