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For kook references without the risk of having my brain melt, my primary books are Ted Schultz's "The Fringes of Reason" and Ken Hite's collected Suppressed Transmissions columns. Just scanning the Francis Dec fan site hurt my head....
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gcowan49 commented on
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I can't remember the fellow's name, and don't have the paper at hand right now, but I know there's somebody trying to develop a method of propulsion based entirely on a unique interpretation of Mach's principle. J.F. Woodward....
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Ian Tregillis commented on
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Yep! I've just now dug up the reference I had in mind-- http://physics.fullerton.edu/~jimw/staif2000.pdf...
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nickgold42 commented on
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Anybody who is interested in and/or skeptical of "exotic propulsion technologies" should look up the Biefeld-Brown effect, otherwise known as ionic wind, demonstrated by a funky type of contraption called a "lifter." If memory serves, Nick Cook talks about this well-established phenomenon in his book. With this in mind, I've often wondered what would happen if you were to construct a really big "lifter" that had a small nuclear reactor onboard, or other very powerful electrical generator. Would you, say, be able to add a "not really a g-drive" kind of thing to a stealth bomber, giving it maybe slightly...
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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Biefeld-Brown has exactly the same problems, on any sensible scale, as the other ion drive mentioned by OGH some way up. You really, really don't want to be standing anywhere remotely near underneath on of those things, because the ions will fry your lungs & possibly your eyes as well .........
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nickgold42 commented on
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However, what if the craft had to be already airborn at a certain altitude, before the "Biefield-Brown ionic wind drive" could be safely activated? Surely at a certain altitude, the risks of the ejected ions would be relatively minimal. A blimp/airship design could easily use standard tech to get aloft, and then kick in the ion drive to improve its flight characteristics....
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