Lifter -- electric ion propulsion thruster with PAYLOAD!

This is the second and improved version, it caries a payload heavier than a lifter itself!!! Automotive ignition coil is powered by solid state switch from a low freq signal generator. Just look at those sparks striking like a lightning!
That amazing apparatus produces lift without any moving parts, by using electrical power to ionize and accelerate air around it, just like an invisible propeller! Exact science behind it is still not 100% understood.
I built this one when I was a sophomore in Russia. Got bored and found the way to entertain myself:)

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Science & Technology

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• Lifter
• ion
• thruster
• payload
• high
• voltage
• lightning
• advanced
• spacecraft
• hovering
• DIY

[serik5000]

Wow... flapping foil? somebody must have smoked tons of green plants in order to come up with such an explanation ;)

But yeah, it wont work in the vacuum because there are no air ions to accelerate!

[schumispecial1]

Obviously: nobody claimed it being antigravity and capable to operate in vacuum. One can still build a craft and test it ON EARTH, to post a video here and have a joy for successful results. Please beat this and in the meantime project your space-bound antigravitation nagging elsewhere.

[Jeocellguy]

it would be simple enough to find time dilation's that would prove anti gravity because time and gravity are directly related.

[7anukai]

dont do that near your computer 0.o'

[Kraized]

Damn that looks more powerful than the others i've seen.

[kungfumaster12]

does anyone know how i can make this?

[82Dfresh]

@p3x797 Why don't you post a video and show us how it is done. There are not two capacitors in this thing to start with. The two pieces (wire and foil) create a single capacitor that is asymmetrical. I seriously would like to see your toroid on this craft. I experimented with rodin coils attached to these but they didnt do anything out of the ordinary except not fly because of the weight.

[ruser0084]

Yes, and now that I think about it, an exponential is involved with the solution to the equation of such a circuit so I am very excited to colaborate with you on such a project. We should however hammer out theoretical details as soon as possible.

[ruser0084]

Are you proposing an tank circuit of some sort. I am interested in testing such a lifter. I am very interested in hearing more about your idea. Please contact me with more info and perhaps a diagram. Thank you

[coronapilot]

it does not work in the vaccum of space and the main thing that would hold it back would be our lacking technology in harnessing enough energy to power such a ship. While you may argue that we do have the abilty to produce that energy already, we do not have a way to make the powerplant small enough to fit on a ship yet.

[TheKaos90]

Look at the title ... look at the description ... no antigravity mentioned ... he just treated this as a formerly ion thruster