Electrical Transmitter

[Springheel]

I'm trying to find a good reference picture for a steampunk electrical transmitter. I'd like to make a model that's about 10-12 feet tall that could be placed atop buildings. We've established in TDM that electrical power is transmitted wirelessly, and that it can't go very far, so I'd like something like a small Tesla antenna (see below). I'm not great with mechanical stuff though, so any reference pictures of stuff that looks suitably steam-punk would be appreciated.

 

http://image.slidesharecdn.com/nikola-tesla-institute-earth-resonance-project-140608143433-phpapp01/95/nikola-tesla-institute-earth-resonance-project-32-638.jpg?cb=1402384352

[Taquito]

You mean like an antenna or satellite like? Usually anything electrical is directly related to cables.

 

Some shapes I found:

 

 

 

 

 

A shape similar to the broadcast antennas you see on top of vans used by News channels could work too. There's also those cones I sometimes see in game with that yellow glowing electricity between them.

[jaxa]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prestige_(film)

[Springheel]

I'm not looking for satellite dish shapes, as I think they're too modern. Something steampunk. Did Thi4f or Dishonored have any interesting electrical towers? Did the original games have anything other than those clawed collectors?

[VanishedOne]

I Googled for Tesla antennae and got http://www.instructables.com/id/Spooky-Tesla-Spirit-Radio/step7/Make-a-Peculiar-Tesla-Football-Antenna/-- is that the kind of thing?

[Springheel]

Well, I'm looking for a design that is 10-20 feet tall that could go on top of buildings. Something in between that and this:

 

http://cdn.damninteresting.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/wardenclyffe_tower1.jpg

 

 

It doesn't have to look exactly like Tesla's...just something kind of cool that fits into our universe.

[grayman]

You're welcome to copy the tower on top of the Inventors' building in SATC, then put something weirdly electronic on top of it.

 

 

Because of all the angled pieces, I'd recommend turning it into a model so DR doesn't subtly destroy it over time.

[VanishedOne]

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/04images/Krug/Duga_3_8263025.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Krug_Antenna_Circles_01_Europe_Ukraine.html&h=675&w=900&tbnid=2NRC3TMM0pV6kM:&docid=VqXCWp4zFb8ecM&ei=ou3qVZKjI8bV7AbB5KXgBQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CC0QMygNMA1qFQoTCJL8l8T_38cCFcYq2wodQXIJXA

 

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://99percentinvisible.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dorchester_antenna_closeup.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://guycookson.com/tag/99-invisible/&h=2395&w=2293&tbnid=H_Zbq8q40V5euM:&docid=jqHWI3Wpmt-29M&ei=ve3qVdDEA8eU7QbMt4XoDQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CGYQMyhjMGM4ZGoVChMIkJfo0P_fxwIVR0rbCh3MWwHd

 

Sadly, a lot of the old, rusting Soviet stuff looks too modern.

[Bikerdude]

Had a quick look and found this but not much else...

 

 

Then found this -

 

[Springheel]

You're welcome to copy the tower on top of the Inventors' building in SATC

 

 

Thanks. My memory had it larger than that, but that might be able the right size.

[Xarg]

I was going to suggest something like the Woodpecker, but VanishedOne beat me to it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DUGA_Radar_Array_near_Chernobyl,_Ukraine_2014.jpg

 

A smaller, combined version of this perhaps?

[New Horizon]

[Springheel]

Yeah, something like the above, just not so big. But I need a close-up shot to see what it actually looks like in terms of details. Apparently hard to come by.

[the_deep]

This is a light fixture, but I could see it being used for transmitting electric power with some work. The glass part could be replaced with some kind of coil. There could be angled arms rotating around the centre, sending spark to the top dome etc.

[Springheel]

Cool, thanks!

[Noordung]

I think shape would be defined by where you want to transmit electricity. Maybe a iron tower with antennas shaped as megaphones. And some wires inside those megaphones. So each of those "megaphone" would transmit or receive electricity from maybe 60° angle.

 

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[Capela]

Well, I'm looking for a design that is 10-20 feet tall that could go on top of buildings. Something in between that and this:

 

http://cdn.damninteresting.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/wardenclyffe_tower1.jpg

 

 

It doesn't have to look exactly like Tesla's...just something kind of cool that fits into our universe.

 

 

Well i think that you picture are perfect.....for a model....maybe a little smaller in size, but that thing could be put in a top of a building....