{"id":12057,"date":"2019-03-01T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12057"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:30:27","slug":"is-ionic-propulsion-plausible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/is-ionic-propulsion-plausible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Ionic Propulsion Plausible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethan Krauss responds to MIT’s Ionic Flyer Coverage<\/h4>\n

There seems to be great interest in ionic propulsion.\u00a0 After we published \u201cMIT\u2019s Ionic Flyer \u2013 Solid State All the Way,\u201d<\/a> our editorial offices (otherwise known as your editor\u2019s kitchen) received a comment from Ethan Krauss, who corrected the historical record.\u00a0 He explains, “MIT was NOT “the first ion propelled aircraft of any kind to carry their power supply, as their video and paper say.\u00a0 They don’t use less voltage, they are not more efficient, they are not the largest. Size was not the limit in the past.”<\/p>\n

\"\"Click on image to see video of MIT’s first flights.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the second in the world to be able to claim that they built an ion propelled craft that can carry its power supply. Their craft however, was launched with the assistance of a bungee cord, and large wings thereby reducing the power needed for its 10 second flight.”<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Plain Dealer interviewed Mr. Krauss<\/a> and reported: “‘Aviation started here in Ohio by two guys that everyone thought were just out of their minds,\u201d Ethan Krauss said.\u00a0\u00a0You could call Krauss, who is an electrical engineer, a modern-day Wright brother…. If you can move the air downwards without stirring it up too much, then you end up with a very efficient flying machine,’ Krauss said.\u00a0 ‘The flying machine has no moving parts, it’s silent and creates no emissions.\u00a0Possibly be a revolution in flight for light duty applications,’ said Krauss.”<\/p>\n