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How a lightsaber works and some home uses for one by molsen2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Did I miss the explanation of by hadji2005-05-09 18:45:23
    From what I have been told by WolfenOne 2005-05-09 18:51:45
it is a single wave of energy, and the blade length is the amplitude of the wave. This also shows why the power cells last so long - they have almost 100% power return when activated.

The only time they lose any power is when they are actively cutting something or when in contact with another lightsaber. I may be wrong, but the explanation made sense to me.
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      Maybe I'm still being dense, but by hadji2005-05-09 18:56:56
        The wave is travelling from one side of the by WolfenOne2005-05-09 19:06:01
          Could be either 1/2 or 1/4 wavelength, by shminux2005-05-09 19:32:12
            I don't see how 1/4 wavelength would work. by WolfenOne2005-05-09 19:37:34
              the node could be at the top and the by shminux2005-05-09 20:46:47
                Sure, but how would you agitate the center? (n/t) by Llyr2005-05-09 21:43:45
          Okay, that makes sense. Thanks. :-) (n/t) by hadji2005-05-09 20:18:46

 

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