Re: Ion Motors

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Original poster: "Mike Harrison by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:39:08 -0600, you wrote:

>Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>hmmmmmmmmm...........
>
>What is the largest dia an Ion Motor can be made to function?
That would depend on mass, the quality of the bearing & air resistance
loss, the corona loss, and amount of power you can stuff into it - I
would think that a few feet would be possible if carefully designed. 

>Can an Ion Motor be made to spin vertically?
Yes - see www-dot-netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/teslamotor.html