Buehler achieved 18% weight reduction at ~1.59 Megavolts/meter (~ 79,000 volts @ 0.05 meter plate spacing
on a total plate weight of 1.75 kg, @ 6.3 joules per cubic meter).
Had he been able to push the energy density up to 35 joules per cubic meter (3.75 Megavolts ) total
weightlessness might have been achieved.
A Vacuum globe-in-globe unit weighing 1.75 kg with the right spacing and voltage with zip artifacts
should achieve weightlessness and more.
The 35 + joules can be gotten from a cell phone battery inside the inner globe if you can step it's
voltage up to 3.75 Megavolts @ 1.0 microampere AC or DC.
The 40,000 joules required to levitate about 4 tonnes can be gotten using a car battery.
OTOH, Commercially Available LINACs can get the necessary short burst of milliampere
electron injection into the inner globe to give it the required charge.
The Klystron delivering about 6 MW at a microwave frequency of 2856 MHz can put
lots of joules per cubic meter into high Q (~ 0.1 meter diameter) Cavity Resonators.
This 10 MeV @ 10 KW is A Lot More than required. :-)
Fred
