Of course it does, but nothing much, no more than a wire a few mm long carrying a few mA current.
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Lifters > The motion of the ions does not generate a magnetic field? > > Harry > > Michel Jullian wrote: > >> No, because any net Lorentz force (due to the geomagnetic field?) would be >> not >> only very small, but at 90° from the thrust direction. >> >> Michel >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:57 AM >> Subject: Re: [Vo]: Lifters >> >> >>> >>>> Michel Jullian wrote: >>>> The lifter >>>>> will simply rise if the force exceeds its weight, in which case its >>>>> acceleration is (force - weight)/mass, as long as the aerodynamic drag >>>>> remains >>>>> negligible as is the case in all practical lifters. >>>>> >>> >>> >>> Would the lifter also have to overcome a lorenz force? >>> >>> >>> Harry >>> >> > >
