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Originally posted by meshuggah1324
*off topic* Can't the Aurora go 3,600 mph or 1 mile per second? I've heard this before.
Also, I've heard people say anti-gracity aircraft is impossible. It's not defying gravity 100%, it's really just aircraft that "manipulate" or reduce gravity around the craft by 30%, 50%, or even up to 70% using electro-magnetics and other means...
[edit on 14-10-2005 by meshuggah1324]
[edit on 14-10-2005 by meshuggah1324]
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
Someone's not very familiar with the 4 forces of flight.
Thrust, Drag, Lift, and WEIGHT.
Weight being the gravity that PULLs the aircraft down, and lift being the force that keeps it up, in no way is any plane anti-gravity.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by warpboost
meshuggah1324, Some people have theorized that the B2 Spirit uses some type ofelectrogravitic lifting technolgy in the wings but who knows. I read one claim that made good sense to me in that even if the technology didn't work that great and "only" provided 5-10% of the lift required to stay airborne it could drastically reduce fuel consumption, increase the payload capacity and the range of the aircraft.
Originally posted by kilcoo316
Someone is very familiar with the forces of flight...
It depends on your definition of 'anti-gravity'
you have looked in to the harmonic energy grid around the planet? This energy can be tapped for the use and propultion of said aircraft.
Originally posted by warpboost
kilcoo316, what you said about gravity and its mechanisim of operation is interesting especially the part about atoms. It reminds me of the "Modern Marvels" on the History Channel episode about magnetisim and how it all starts at the atomic level with the electrons and how they spin. IIRC they said that the electrons spinning and the angles they do so at creates a magnetic pull, so could that have something to do with how gravity operates? Could it be magnetic as a result of mass (lots of atoms with spinning electrons pulling)? I hope that made some sense?
Warpboost
Isn't gravity a byproduct of mass in motion?
Warpboost
Isn't gravity a byproduct of mass in motion?
It is well-known that energy-momentum is the source of gravitational field. For a long time, it is generally believed that only stars with huge masses can generate strong gravitational field. Based on the unified theory of gravitational interactions and electromagnetic interactions, a new mechanism of the generation of gravitational field is studied. According to this mechanism, in some special conditions, electromagnetic energy can be directly converted into gravitational energy, and strong gravitational field can be generated without massive stars. Gravity impulse found in experiments is generated by this mechanism.
Originally posted by kilcoo316
The B-2 is a pretty thick wing section, and flying at transonic speeds, shock induced separation is bound to be an issue, so magnetism could be used as a means of re-energising the flow downstream of the shockwave to reduce or eliminate the effects of BL separation. It may also be used to reduce spanwise flow along the wing within the boundary layer - helps with flow over the control surfaces.
Originally posted by ghost
The cord of a wing is more important then the thickness. In case anyone isn't familiar with the term, CORD, refers to the ratio of thickness to length (front to back). On flying wings like the B-2, the wing is very long from from front to back. At its thickest point, the wing has a cord of only about 4.1 to 1. The wing is thick, but there isn't enough cord to cause air flow seperation.
Tim
[edit on 19-10-2005 by ghost]
Originally posted by warpboost
kilcoo316 I was just wondering if you are a aeronautical engineer? What software did you use to make that diagram of a wing?