Quote from: mikorangester on 10/31/2010 02:52 pmhttp://mykaitan.blogspot.com/2009/06/propellantless-propulsion.html is why this happensThe article cited here does NOT actually show a propellantless scheme. In the drawing the model atom is the propellant, and the EM waves are emitted by the spacecraft engine. This is essentially how the Hall Thruster works.
http://mykaitan.blogspot.com/2009/06/propellantless-propulsion.html is why this happens
Quote from: mlorrey on 11/04/2010 08:55 pmQuote from: mikorangester on 10/31/2010 02:52 pmhttp://mykaitan.blogspot.com/2009/06/propellantless-propulsion.html is why this happensThe article cited here does NOT actually show a propellantless scheme. In the drawing the model atom is the propellant, and the EM waves are emitted by the spacecraft engine. This is essentially how the Hall Thruster works.You missed the point. What you are seeing is an effect caused by a movement of the centre of mass, itself caused by electromagnetic waves moving the electron field away from the source of the wave. The effect is miniscule for current experiments because its messy and not the precision of the theoretical model. I read somewhere that there is no theory behind this, well thats not quite right. Standard atomic models can explain the effect simply.
Quote from: GraphGuy on 09/01/2010 08:44 pmQuote from: hec031 on 09/01/2010 01:31 pmJust to let those that are interested know. We will be presenting a paper on our work at the SPESIF 2011 conference. If you're attending the conference and would like to meet in person let me know.For those of you in Europe who are helping us thanks for your interest.If possible, can you provide a link to a pdf/ppt in this forum (after the conference) for those of us who won't be there?No problem. I'm signing up for doing a presentation and publication of our paper. In addition if all goes well we might have a much more robust set of tests finished by the time of the conference that could be made available by then. The new testing will address all the concerns raised in our current study.
Quote from: hec031 on 09/01/2010 01:31 pmJust to let those that are interested know. We will be presenting a paper on our work at the SPESIF 2011 conference. If you're attending the conference and would like to meet in person let me know.For those of you in Europe who are helping us thanks for your interest.If possible, can you provide a link to a pdf/ppt in this forum (after the conference) for those of us who won't be there?
Just to let those that are interested know. We will be presenting a paper on our work at the SPESIF 2011 conference. If you're attending the conference and would like to meet in person let me know.For those of you in Europe who are helping us thanks for your interest.
Just wanted to let every know that I had posted a video on youtube of my experiments with an Asymmetric capacitor operating in a high vacuum environment. Follow the link if you want to see it.Sincerely,Hector
Abstract. In this work we are going to develop a physical model that explains how propulsion may be developed in a vacuum by the collision of electrons with an anode. Instead of using principles related to the conservation of only the mechanical momentum to achieve propulsion, like all the current propulsion systems do, the present system achieves propulsion by using principles related to the conservation of the canonical momentum. The complete physical model will be provided and comparison with preliminary experimental results will be performed. These results are important since they show that it is possible to achieve a radical different propulsion system with many advantages.
He claims to generate thrusts in the newton range, at least on paper.
To paraphrase Futurama (talking about Bigfoot): That would take money, and most people who believe in propellantless propulsion don't have any money.