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MIT researchers create plane that flies without any moving parts
The Verge ^
| 22 N0v 2018
| Jon Porter
Posted on 11/22/2018 10:42:16 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Stall-Spin ending, sadly.
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posted on
11/22/2018 11:21:30 AM PST
by
Orbiter
To: spokeshave2
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posted on
11/22/2018 11:24:10 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
They are going straight to Hell for that one.....LOL!
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posted on
11/22/2018 11:36:33 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Sniff sniff, smell the ozone?
And does it “pollute?”
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posted on
11/22/2018 11:39:34 AM PST
by
dhs12345
To: DUMBGRUNT
Does this mean I can have a “hover conversion” kit put on my DeLorean?
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posted on
11/22/2018 11:42:34 AM PST
by
FrankR
(Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
To: rockinqsranch
“ unless one took the step to glue them.”
And that would sometimes screw up the CG.
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posted on
11/22/2018 11:46:17 AM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: DUMBGRUNT
Yeah, it is the amps that makes for the weight.
With a series of simple circuits, you can easily get 40,000 volts out of a one ounce battery.
But, I’d imagine it would take a lot of amps to keep an aircraft in flight for even a few moments.
Where is John Galt’s motor when you really need it?
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
11/22/2018 12:01:57 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: dfwgator
And its original title was: Babe, I Hate to Go.
To: DUMBGRUNT
To: Nifster
“As with all so called neat inventions scaling up is the challenge and usually impossible”
I built a hovercraft (kind of) 20 years ago out of balsa, aluminum foil and an neon sign transformer. It hovered but you had a cable dragging below. They are going to need a Mr. Fusion to power this thing.
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posted on
11/22/2018 12:48:02 PM PST
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: dljordan
I built a hovercraft (kind of) 20 years ago out of balsa, aluminum foil and an neon sign transformer. It hovered but you had a cable dragging below. They are going to need a Mr. Fusion to power this thing. Was it full of eels?
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posted on
11/22/2018 12:49:17 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Needs an amps/payload graph, and more details on the battery.
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posted on
11/22/2018 12:50:23 PM PST
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TChad
To: dfwgator
“Was it full of eels? “
If you got hold of it the wrong way you’d think it was full of eels.
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posted on
11/22/2018 12:58:29 PM PST
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: Nateman
The balsa plane came to mind first...
To: Nateman
“I thought someone was going to post a picture of a paper airplane. “
OR a glider
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posted on
11/22/2018 1:31:14 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Bungee launch. Probably a 1% net propulsion measured.
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posted on
11/22/2018 1:45:50 PM PST
by
Revolutionary
("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
To: DUMBGRUNT
Maybe update that to a steam catapult,
With a ramjet to continue on?
To: ClearCase_guy
“The feat was achieved using electroaerodynamic propulsion, which uses a pair of electrodes to push around ions and create ionic wind.”
The ions move.
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posted on
11/22/2018 2:49:46 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: dfwgator
One of my first albums as a freshman.
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posted on
11/22/2018 5:55:17 PM PST
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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