On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:48 AM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote:
Of course thrust would be generated if RF is directed away from the drive > into space. Unfortunately, this is not happening in these devices since > they are well shielded and keep the RF from escaping. > There was an interesting YouTube video that was mentioned here within the last year, maybe, that showed how RF could readily escape from a metal trashcan that was being used as a Faraday cage if electrical conducting tape was not used to carefully tape down the lid. Has the question of (non-microwave) RF been systematically investigated in connection with the EM Drive? At a minimum, even in the case of a Faraday cage, I assume there will be a conversion to black/graybody radiation. Presumably such radiation would not be unidirectional, but it would still be measurable. I'm curious whether anyone has looked at the general question of escaping RF yet. Eric