On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:56 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > I wish we had more guys looking over these Papp engines to determine whether > or not they are real. The concept is interesting, and of course there are > problems that need resolution before quantity production could be > considered. > > I have been thinking of the behavior of a crossed field device of this > nature and think there may be something there, but it is quite complex. > Review the operation of magnetrons if you want to see some similar > characteristics. I am still attempting to calculate the electromagnetic > power pulse applied to the piston, since it apparently does not operate as a > heat engine. At them moment it is not clear how the nobel gas ion mixture > supplies the reaction momentum to the piston motion. One day someone will > figue this puppy out. >
Pure speculation: The gas momentarily behaves like a liquid. Harry
