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Reaction Drive w/ no Ejected Reaction Mass

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Uploaded by on Jun 16, 2011

This is actually a reaction drive, but the reaction mass is not ejected. The animation starts at 0:52 sec.


Ok so this has nothing to do with aliens that I know of As the tags mite suggest. Please take your time to review this revolutionary propulsion system. I have been told that this design is out of the area of their expertise by one MIT Physics Prof.
Note: I realize that there a few minor inconsistencies or incorrect statments in the video, but should not cause a problem in understanding the content of the video.

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  • If you don't mind, I would like to know your age, Innateengineer?

  • @deathsimpl Hi deathsimpl, I am 28 years old. What is your interest in propulsion?

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  • @repatte Thanks for your interest repatte, I will post more videos in the future that discribe the process in more detail.

  • Another perspective is that the weights and their accompanying system act as a single mass that is part of the center of mass. If it is fixed to the center of mass. When the actuator arm(s) pushes against the weights their system will gain -v while at the same time the center of mass will gain +v. Sense they are tied together they will exchange this -/+v and cancel.

  • Your reasoning seems to be along the same lines as a reaction drive of a similar type that I've designed. In any case when you force the weights down with the actuator, how do you prevent the momentum exchange with the center of mass when the weights come in contact with their central axis? The torque will not prevent the exchange from happening because the linear momentum is conserved(is still -v). Which should completely or nearly completely cancel the gain by the center of mass.

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