Ion based electric heat compression jet engine cad -rendered

rendered version of my previous video. The old video is actually just a quick render that I never did a full render, and I've finally gotten around to it.

It's this weird idea I have for an entirely electrical jet engine

The first stage, though not really visible, is a thin wire mesh which is the anode to an electrohydrodynamic based propulsion system. The cathode is that weird circle that looks checkerboard. It then passes the air through a fan, which blows it into a compression chamber, which heats up the air, and then expels compressed air out the back.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• jet
• engine
• ehd
• electrohydrodynamic
• blender
• 3d
• cad
• cerebrate

[SEINORTACO]

can you approximate the thrust?

[cerebrate]

nope. I'm not an engineer.

[danielcarmi305]

it was probably harder to make a 3d video of it than actually invent the damn thing

[oysteinrb]

very nice :)

[roidroid]

@Mindof6ix yeah i too am confused regarding the need for a turbine.

[Mindof6ix]

an EHD, as I undeerstand it, would only need a current to start...

[Olirap]

but a scramjet needs speed to start

[Mindof6ix]

what would be the point of a turbine? It would just decrease efficiency. On could build an EHD turbine like a scram jet, no moving parts required...

[elevadon]

how does it work?

[sedlakeuropsky]

could someone tell me how it exactly works?