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Re: Anti-Gravity
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Originally posted by crackprogram
Can someone who is smarter than me please explain WTF are these things and how do they work?
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Wired had a great article on lifters...
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...ic=&topic_set=
What makes lifters fly?
The simplest answer comes from antigravity debunkers. When I call university physicists to ask how these things work, they bark with laughter at the idea that it's antigravity.
The propulsive force, they say, has a simpler explanation: ion wind.
When the current enters the wires ringing the top of the lifter, electrons race off to ionize the surrounding air. The ions are attracted to the foil skirt and race down, smacking into neutral molecules and generating a downward-moving breeze.
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