Quote from: X_RaY on 08/04/2015 06:26 pmQuote from: ElizabethGreene on 08/04/2015 05:10 pmNote to experimentalists:For safety, run an EM detector around the outside of your emdrive while its powered up. Either through shoddy construction(likely) or some as yet unknown (to me) phenomenon, my resonator is leaking radiation from the small end. Based on the fall-off as a function of distance I believe it is evanescent. I have spectrum analyzer on order; when it arrives I'll have a better idea of what it is.<lurk />You can use copper adhesive tape to easy fix any leakage http://www.iccfl.com/index.php?cPath=135_184&osCsid=ur8g03ipgtkkdh6src34otdh84This is great stuff. Got my copper tape with conductive adhesive froM Mcmaster carr. Their warehouse is 15 minutes from my house...cool.
Quote from: ElizabethGreene on 08/04/2015 05:10 pmNote to experimentalists:For safety, run an EM detector around the outside of your emdrive while its powered up. Either through shoddy construction(likely) or some as yet unknown (to me) phenomenon, my resonator is leaking radiation from the small end. Based on the fall-off as a function of distance I believe it is evanescent. I have spectrum analyzer on order; when it arrives I'll have a better idea of what it is.<lurk />You can use copper adhesive tape to easy fix any leakage http://www.iccfl.com/index.php?cPath=135_184&osCsid=ur8g03ipgtkkdh6src34otdh84
Note to experimentalists:For safety, run an EM detector around the outside of your emdrive while its powered up. Either through shoddy construction(likely) or some as yet unknown (to me) phenomenon, my resonator is leaking radiation from the small end. Based on the fall-off as a function of distance I believe it is evanescent. I have spectrum analyzer on order; when it arrives I'll have a better idea of what it is.<lurk />
Quote from: rfmwguy on 08/04/2015 03:12 pmThermal tests done including 5 minute run at 30% power, which is what I'll use for fulcrum test. What I learned: Matching into frustum is good, magnetron ran at temperatures well below 200°C. Still had minor arcing, corrected it with full teardown and replacement of Db with mesh only, no copper clad. IOW, frustum is now all mesh except for Ds where magnetron is mounted. There was no arcing on Ds throughout any thermal testing. Plasma focused on Db, interestingly enough diagonally across from radome, not directly across axially.Here's the video, time to do yard work, oh joy:Great test! I noticed as your cavity heated up the arcing diminished. Do you think it was due to the magnetron stabilizing? Your cavity pretty much negates thermal expansion with the screen (nice idea). I just want to hear you sing "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" by Barry White. Nice voice for narrating.Shell
Thermal tests done including 5 minute run at 30% power, which is what I'll use for fulcrum test. What I learned: Matching into frustum is good, magnetron ran at temperatures well below 200°C. Still had minor arcing, corrected it with full teardown and replacement of Db with mesh only, no copper clad. IOW, frustum is now all mesh except for Ds where magnetron is mounted. There was no arcing on Ds throughout any thermal testing. Plasma focused on Db, interestingly enough diagonally across from radome, not directly across axially.Here's the video, time to do yard work, oh joy:
Quote from: ElizabethGreene on 08/04/2015 05:10 pmNote to experimentalists:For safety, run an EM detector around the outside of your emdrive while its powered up. Either through shoddy construction(likely) or some as yet unknown (to me) phenomenon, my resonator is leaking radiation from the small end. Based on the fall-off as a function of distance I believe it is evanescent. I have spectrum analyzer on order; when it arrives I'll have a better idea of what it is.<lurk />Good advise.Please share your dimensions, frequency and excitation mode as then I'll run a set of number for you.How do you know you have resonance?Are you using a magnetron or narrow band Rf amp?What wattage?Thanks for your reply and good luck.
Quote from: rfmwguy on 08/04/2015 06:32 pmQuote from: X_RaY on 08/04/2015 06:26 pmQuote from: ElizabethGreene on 08/04/2015 05:10 pmNote to experimentalists:For safety, run an EM detector around the outside of your emdrive while its powered up. Either through shoddy construction(likely) or some as yet unknown (to me) phenomenon, my resonator is leaking radiation from the small end. Based on the fall-off as a function of distance I believe it is evanescent. I have spectrum analyzer on order; when it arrives I'll have a better idea of what it is.<lurk />You can use copper adhesive tape to easy fix any leakage http://www.iccfl.com/index.php?cPath=135_184&osCsid=ur8g03ipgtkkdh6src34otdh84This is great stuff. Got my copper tape with conductive adhesive froM Mcmaster carr. Their warehouse is 15 minutes from my house...cool.Yes it works fine Did you use the thermal sensor of the µW oven it selves (thermal overheat protection)?In your first video* it was already inside the chassis and not fixed to the magnetron. Would be interesting to see when that thing is shutting down the power or the temperature is ok...* frustum with magnetron, not the general setup for the force measurement
Quote from: WarpTech on 08/02/2015 01:09 am... 100MHz is a nice frequency range to deal with but it is bang in the middle of the UK's civilian FM radio range (87.5 - 108MHz). Anyone using a leaky Faraday cage with a kW magnetron in that frequency range will probably receive legally enforceable complaints about interference.Does around 100MHz mean the resonate frequency of the frustum in the EM Drive can be designed to be say 110MHz or 120MHz or 200MHz or 75MHz?It is currently early August 2015, so the FCC, Ofcom (UK) and overseas regulators can still give 'suggestions' for a suitable frequency range before new thrust frustums are made. They will have to allow for air at 1 atmosphere, low pressure nitrogen and the vacuum of space when choosing a range.Anyone can ask a regulator for advice but to be taken seriously a formal request to reserve a frequency range for spacecraft thrusters probably has to come from an authority such as NASA. If the government delays too long all the EM Drives will say "Made in China" and use a frequency chosen by the Chinese Government.
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Quote from: A_M_Swallow on 08/04/2015 06:22 pmQuote from: WarpTech on 08/02/2015 01:09 am... 100MHz is a nice frequency range to deal with but it is bang in the middle of the UK's civilian FM radio range (87.5 - 108MHz). Anyone using a leaky Faraday cage with a kW magnetron in that frequency range will probably receive legally enforceable complaints about interference.Does around 100MHz mean the resonate frequency of the frustum in the EM Drive can be designed to be say 110MHz or 120MHz or 200MHz or 75MHz?It is currently early August 2015, so the FCC, Ofcom (UK) and overseas regulators can still give 'suggestions' for a suitable frequency range before new thrust frustums are made. They will have to allow for air at 1 atmosphere, low pressure nitrogen and the vacuum of space when choosing a range.Anyone can ask a regulator for advice but to be taken seriously a formal request to reserve a frequency range for spacecraft thrusters probably has to come from an authority such as NASA. If the government delays too long all the EM Drives will say "Made in China" and use a frequency chosen by the Chinese Government.All EM-Drive experiments that use more than 20 Watts CW and that are not done inside a shielded room violate FCC laws in the US. It doesn't matter what the frequency is; although some frequencies may be under the management of the NTIA instead of the FCC. All it takes is for someone to detect the high power interference from an EM-Drive experiment, locate the source by triangulation, and then report their observations to the FCC. Enforcement can result in hefty fines. Other countries have similar spectrum management laws. Experimenters tend to believe the microwave oven frequencies are free for them to use because all ovens leak some radiation anyway. The problem is once you remove a magnetron from an oven that is a non-conforming use; something the FCC, if there is an enforcement action, will take a dim view of. The wide range of emissions interferes with Part 15 devices and scientific work including SETI, radio astronomy, and NASA deep space satellites.It has become obvious to me the EM-drive is bogus science. I don't believe anything Mr. Shawyer claims. The Eagleworks project just got less and less "thrust". Yang doesn't want to discuss the research she did. Maybe the Chinese authorities see a benefit in using it for a misinformation campaign, akin to the USAF UFO hoax of the 50's. So I don't think it is worth polluting RF spectrum anymore with this pointless activity.
FYIhttp://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.05828.pdfhttp://arXiv.org/pdf/1311.1095.pdf
When cavities become larger and with a higher cone angle and shorter length, the spherical ends also become non negligible. This is obvious but I showed this graphically in a previous post.Thorough this topic we always calculate the "cutoff diameter" along the diameter d (in green in the pic below) as for a cylindrical waveguide or frustum cavity with flat ends (@Rodal I know there is no such thing as a "sharp cut-off" in a frustum cavity as shown in the scientific literature you pointed out, yet we need this "cylindrical-equivalent cut-off diameter" to calculate the small end length).But in the following picture, the wave fronts are spherical and bounce between spherical end plates. Those ends are quite large. Are we sure the "cutoff diameter" should not be calculated as the arc length (in red) instead of the diameter d (in green)?
Quote from: rfmwguy on 08/04/2015 06:32 pmQuote from: X_RaY on 08/04/2015 06:26 pmQuote from: ElizabethGreene on 08/04/2015 05:10 pmNote to experimentalists:For safety, run an EM detector around the outside of your emdrive while its powered up. Either through shoddy construction(likely) or some as yet unknown (to me) phenomenon, my resonator is leaking radiation from the small end. Based on the fall-off as a function of distance I believe it is evanescent. I have spectrum analyzer on order; when it arrives I'll have a better idea of what it is.<lurk />You can use copper adhesive tape to easy fix any leakage http://www.iccfl.com/index.php?cPath=135_184&osCsid=ur8g03ipgtkkdh6src34otdh84This is great stuff. Got my copper tape with conductive adhesive froM Mcmaster carr. Their warehouse is 15 minutes from my house...cool.Ha! Let me guess - it's the reason you bought the house
Quote from: SeeShells on 08/04/2015 03:44 pmQuote from: rfmwguy on 08/04/2015 03:12 pmGreat test! I noticed as your cavity heated up the arcing diminished. Do you think it was due to the magnetron stabilizing? Your cavity pretty much negates thermal expansion with the screen (nice idea). I just want to hear you sing "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" by Barry White. Nice voice for narrating.ShellThanks shell...coworkers used to tell me I should be on radio in PM with a talk show called Dr Love...snicker.I am glad I used mesh, another hi power test I didn't record had no arcing on Db mesh-only surface. Also, the wood underneath it was cool to touch, meaning the mesh stopped most of the energy. The arcing was nowhere near contact points, it was on copper clad in 2 or 3 spots abt 3 cm from edge...in the open. Have to think about it some more. No real reason for it except the copper might have been thin or oxidized, basically a high resistance point...not sure yet. Regardless, it was wasting energy.I'm starting to agree with doc, its not a closed system. Whatever is happening, if anything, involves the environment outside the frustum. I'm not sure a hermetically sealed frustum is any big advantage...might be a disadvantage.
Quote from: rfmwguy on 08/04/2015 03:12 pmGreat test! I noticed as your cavity heated up the arcing diminished. Do you think it was due to the magnetron stabilizing? Your cavity pretty much negates thermal expansion with the screen (nice idea). I just want to hear you sing "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" by Barry White. Nice voice for narrating.Shell
In the NASA thrust data they seem to take seconds before seeing "thrust" on their Q-Thruster frustrums... any thoughts as to why the delay? Shouldn't this be occurring as soon as resonance is reached in an order of microseconds? Does it take them that long to reach resonance? Any thoughts?
The engine only starts to accelerate when the magnetron frequency locks to the resonant frequency of the thruster, following an initial warm up period.
There was talk earlier today about oxidizing effects inside the cavity contributing to thrust readings. Why not make the frustum out of aluminum or coat a copper frustum with easily obtainable chrome?Also, Mulletron had this quote from Thread 2 back in May that I think got missed by many of the newcomers, so I thought I'd post it here after reading Zen-in's post a second ago:"Want to make sure it isn't forgotten that:Shawyer said to use narrow band source for cavity with shaped ends.Wideband is for cavity with flat ends.Thus, Eagleworks is using the wrong type of signal source.Can't say we didn't tell them."
Quote from: flux_capacitor on 08/04/2015 08:14 pmWhen cavities become larger and with a higher cone angle and shorter length, the spherical ends also become non negligible. This is obvious but I showed this graphically in a previous post.Thorough this topic we always calculate the "cutoff diameter" along the diameter d (in green in the pic below) as for a cylindrical waveguide or frustum cavity with flat ends (@Rodal I know there is no such thing as a "sharp cut-off" in a frustum cavity as shown in the scientific literature you pointed out, yet we need this "cylindrical-equivalent cut-off diameter" to calculate the small end length).But in the following picture, the wave fronts are spherical and bounce between spherical end plates. Those ends are quite large. Are we sure the "cutoff diameter" should not be calculated as the arc length (in red) instead of the diameter d (in green)?By all means it should be calculated by the arc length, for consistency sake. But there is nothing consistent about modeling a closed cavity as an open waveguide, so this is par for the course of the lack of consistency. There is nothing consistent in the so called "thrust" measurements either, that differ by several orders of magnitude between different researchers. So it is understandable that when reported thrusts differ by orders of magnitude, and when the position alone of the EM Drive produces different results by a large percentage, or that the thrust drops by orders of magnitude in vacuum, that there is inconsistency regarding these "rules".
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