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Drashner1
11-27-2018, 11:31 AM
See
HERE
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stevebowers
11-27-2018, 12:53 PM
A very elegant plane indeed.
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Here's an old Popular Mechanics illustration of an ion aircraft that never made it off the ground. Not quite as lightweight or airworthy.
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Cray
11-27-2018, 09:22 PM
It's an old technology. MIT's breakthrough was independent operation, which might give new life to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionocraft
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