Re: Lifter Turbine? (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:46:59 -0500
From: Dr. Resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Lifter Turbine? (fwd)


Lifters won't fly in a high vacuum because a high vacuum is a good
electrical insulator.  Lifters require molecules to be charged which are
then attracted to and accelerated past the second grid.  In a high vac. you
would need something in excess of 300 kV DC to produce and charge the
molecules.

The ion engines developed for outer space has their own bottle of krypton or
xenon to provide the injection gas necessary for molecular charging.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
> Hi Everybody,
> I've been looking around the websites that say that a lifter will not fly
in a vaccum. It led me to wonder that if a lifter will not fly in no air,
and flies satisfactorly in normal pressure air, then what would happen if it
was placed in high pressure air? Wouldn't it provide more air molecules to
be ionized, creating a greater thrust?