Ion drive: The first flight

[Flyaway]

Wasn’t quite sure which section to post this in.

Ion drive meets drone, as small plane flies with no moving parts

https://youtu.be/boB6qu5dcCw

 

[TomcatViP]

I wonder if he seriously think he is the first man to test the application of active flow ctrl through ionized air? Don't take me wrong, it's a fantastic application of the concept in an academic environment but still...

 

[Flyaway]

Here’s the original Nature article covering this.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07477-9

And a related article on the technicalities and possible future.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07411-z

 

[antigravite]

Hmmm… ionic wind… Verschoyle's device in the mid-1930s ; TTownsend-Brown's devices ; De Seversky's tethered models in the 1960s ; many more along the way including some project by Edward H. Allen before he became the Skunk Work's chief scientist… There was also the beautiful Festo's bionic Airfish in 2010 and so many more projects along the way, including "lifters" from which Jean-Louis Naudin's works (JLN Labs) inspired many… So...

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[antigravite]

Hi

Found a video of this November 2018 achievement together with a press-release like article.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
"MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts [The silent, lightweight aircraft doesn’t depend on fossil fuels."
Publication Date:November 21, 2018

MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

MIT engineers have flown the first silent, fuel-free “ion plane.” The light aircraft is the first plane to fly with no propellers, turbine blades, or other moving parts.

news.mit.edu

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PS) This project is also discussed on pp.10-12 of a 2018 South Korean research students in electrical engineering, research project.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.06945.pdf

 

[rooster]

Meh....

 

[Justo Miranda]

Secret?