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originally posted by: boncho
a reply to: Bedlam
Isn't it just pie plates and a butt load of electricity? Geez, can't be that hard. I still worry the day the aliens from Alpha Centuri send their pie plate Armada our way in an attempt to take over the world, creating havoc that only Earths bakers will be able to counter by placing pies in their flying pie plates. Once the aliens are slammed with blueberry mash they should go into full retreat.
There are so many clues in the video, but here's a much simpler experiment you can try. just wrap your cell phone in metal foil, or go the extra step and put it in a glass and wrap the glass with metal foil, then try calling the cell phone. In theory the foil blocks EM radiation above a certain frequency so I wouldn't even expect the phone to ring.
originally posted by: bluemooone2
a reply to: Bedlam
Smiles . Too good to be true I should have known. He sure put a lot of work into it
I mean ACTUAL anti-gravity. If you could do it with a capacitor, it would be sweet. Alas, there are many capacitors, and few unintentionally flying devices.
originally posted by: boncho
Oh I wasn't suggesting anti-gravity like actually manipulating gravity, I just meant the same as a bird does anti-gravity when it flaps its wings. True anti gravity would be amazing, yet, if it were possible I imagine it would take a hell of a lot of energy. Like a lot.
I'm pretty sure the TTBrown people are claiming anti-gravity, at the very least some sort of reactionless thruster, with nothing more than a high voltage capacitor.
originally posted by: boncho
a reply to: Bedlam
I'm pretty sure the TTBrown people are claiming anti-gravity, at the very least some sort of reactionless thruster, with nothing more than a high voltage capacitor.
They also think they can jump on their pie plates and fly to other galaxies, its kinda like when you have a 5 yo nephew and you don't want to tell him that his spaceship can't actually fly in space.
originally posted by: Bedlam
originally posted by: boncho
a reply to: Bedlam
I'm pretty sure the TTBrown people are claiming anti-gravity, at the very least some sort of reactionless thruster, with nothing more than a high voltage capacitor.
They also think they can jump on their pie plates and fly to other galaxies, its kinda like when you have a 5 yo nephew and you don't want to tell him that his spaceship can't actually fly in space.
It's sorta cute, though, to watch a "lifter" work. At least, up until you pump out the air and it falls to the bottom of the bell jar with a "clink".
According to Steven Barrett and Kento Masuyama of MIT’s department of aeronautics and astronautics, however, that might be wrong. The two have just published a paper showing that the phenomenon known as ionic wind can be much more efficient than scientists have long assumed—in fact, it’s 50 times more efficient than a conventional jet engine in terms of thrust per kilowatt. Ion thrusters, in other words, might yet move out of the hobbyist realm.
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But scientists at MIT's department of aeronautics have built a working prototype (pictured above) that suggests the technology is more feasible than previously assumed, generating far more thrust (110 newtons per kilowatt of power) than a comparable jet engine (2 newtons per kilowatt).
originally posted by: boncho
originally posted by: Pladuim
a reply to: Phage
We was able to make a 3lb object loose half of its weight. We need a power supply with higher KV to test any further. Yes, we had some really positive results.
Pladuim
No you didn't. Townsends work simply pushes things around with ionic wind. It doesn't manipulate gravity or change the weight of objects.
originally posted by: Pladuim
originally posted by: boncho
a reply to: Pladuim
Seems you watched the movie Primer. Good for you.
Nope, haven't seen it. I'm figuring your just another low budget Eddie Murphy. Seems you watched the movie "Jackass".
Pladuim
originally posted by: Bedlam
originally posted by: boncho
Oh I wasn't suggesting anti-gravity like actually manipulating gravity, I just meant the same as a bird does anti-gravity when it flaps its wings. True anti gravity would be amazing, yet, if it were possible I imagine it would take a hell of a lot of energy. Like a lot.
I'm pretty sure the TTBrown people are claiming anti-gravity, at the very least some sort of reactionless thruster, with nothing more than a high voltage capacitor.
O'course, one would think all the HV caps in the world would have exhibited at least some sort of anomalous behavior by now. Alas.