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Ion drive for aircraft imminent.
In sci.physics Yuri Kreaton wrote:
On 11/1/2016 4:13 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 18:19:02 -0000,
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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 ?
Depends on what is generating the lift.
0 for a balloon, something more for other types of machines.
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