Lightning attraction

  • therocketeer
    21st May 2013 Member 0 Permalink
    actually it goes through the easiest earthed root, this is frequently a tree or pilon because they touch the ground.

    I think LIGH is attracted to positive gravity and repelled by negative gravity anyway
  • Sylvi
    22nd May 2013 Moderator 0 Permalink

    I would like to point out that the object must be in VERY close range (2-4 feet away) from lightning to be effective. Anything 25 or 50 feet away does not effect its path. Yes, they have even less resistance, but lightning itself does not know the object is there and has less resistance.

     

    Therefor, I think we should add this, but only at an exceptionally close range (1-6 particles away).

  • ZebraGoBoom
    22nd May 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    @Lockheedmartin (View Post)

     1-6 particles is a bit too small, since the spark can get to the wire from that range most of the time anyways. Maybe 10 particles away? And maybe the range gets lower from where the starting point of the LIGH is, so that the very tip of the lightning usually hits more than the sides.

  • cyberdragon
    22nd May 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    No, ends only, lightning is attracted to things by inducting an opposite charge and connecting to it. So, you could have it attracted towards conductors and possibly have something like electrodes function as positive streamers to attract it from further away. I'll try it myself and see if it causes any problems.

  • ZebraGoBoom
    23rd May 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    Sorry for bumping, but i really want to know if this is a bad or good idea, and if it is plausible to have in TPT as an option.