Michel Jullian wrote: > In spite of, or rather thanks to the ion fan out feature, this design has > beaten as I had expected all other lifter designs in terms of thrust per unit > area, by a comfortable margin (3 times that of a standard lifter e.g. > Naudin's, 1.5 times that of a flat grid De Seversky ionocraft), at the expense > of a 40% lower thrust to power ratio. > > http://www.blazelabs.com/e-exp06.asp > > Michel >
Can ion wind explain this?: http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/tubular/index.htm "Note from Jean- Louis Naudin : Congratulations to Greg Vizza and to Francis Daran, there experiment proves definitely that the main Lifter thrust is the result of an upward force of the aluminum armature towards the virtual armature generated by the wires." This is a device several guys on this list could build and test. Harry
