Thread: Ion drive for aircraft imminent.
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Old November 2nd 16, 12:10 AM posted to sci.physics,sci.space.policy,sci.electronics.design
Yuri Kreaton
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Default Ion drive for aircraft imminent.
On 11/1/2016 4:13 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 18:19:02 -0000, wrote:

In sci.physics Robert Clark wrote:
Nanotechnology makes possible an "ion drive" for air vehicles analogous to
the famous ion drive of NASA's deep space probes:


BTW, the lack of commercial success for flying cars has nothing to do
with propulsion methods.


But propulsion does matter, in the sense that there is no affordable
way to make a flying car. Helicopters get terrible gas mileage.



how many pounds of thrust does it take to keep 4000 pounds up in the
air, stationary, and then gliding ?