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adjustment of the height of the electrodes by sliding the wires up or down within the tubes. This
unit was tested on a 1993 automobile in the period of April through May 1993 at the home of
Pacholok’s father in Sterling Heights, Michigan, by driving the car over the unit at about 10
MPH. The results were such that the car had to be towed away. Pacholok informed Slater that
he developed a unit that stopped a car in motion and that it soon would be conceivable to mount
the whole unit on the front of a police car and fire it off using compressed gas or a pyrotechnic
charge so it could travel under the car being pursued and thereby terminate the pursuit.
In September and October 1993, Pacholok built a miniaturized pulser circuit. In
November 1993, the circuit was tested in the presence of Slater and Charles Kuecker, a business
partner, who was helping on the project. The car was somewhat disabled following a test at
55MPH. It became apparent to Pacholok that a much larger inverter/battery pack system would
be needed to completely disable a vehicle at high speeds.
In the period of August through December 1994, Pacholok attempted to build a robust
miniature high power inverter, continued efforts to miniaturize the HV multiplier and to obtain
smaller energy storage capacitors and generators for testing susceptibility of automotive
modules.
Pacholok came up with a wire isosceles triangle guide system of constant base (a police
car bumper width) and progressively greater height (the distance from the bumper to the
projectile as it travels under the car being pursued). He decided to control launching through use
of radio frequency and purchased an RF link in October 1994. In the following month, he
ordered a locktite output and Black Max for use in adhering electrical parts to the projectile and
he joined the Tripoli Rocketry Association to be able to purchase rocket motors for the projectile.
After considerable refinements and false starts, Pacholok tested a first launchable prototype
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