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Hi Paul, Sorry, I wasn't very clear, was I? I remember you posting a while back that there would likely be a lot more to come once Jim got round to switching to a more promising type of cap. Do I misremember? Has Jim already switched? 150 uN is an order of magnitude above the 10-20 uN we were hearin...

And I assume Jim's still using his old style caps? Ric

Ahh, I forgot about that: so we must have time travel already, which explains last Christmas's holiday plans.

Erm.

Ric

Warp Drive by the end of the week, Mr March?

Then we should have our star ship by Christmas. That fits in nicely with my holiday plans.

:-)

Ric

In defence of Brian Wang (please don't flame me, only my opinion): For whatever reason (I suspect a hard learned lesson in the past) Jim Woodward doesn't have some form of website for regular public updates and announcements on his Mach Effect work, and prefers to use his semi-private email list ins...

Yup, Jim's making strong progress. I'm curious to see how much thrust He can generate out of his latest rig.

Ric, IMHO, proof of concept engineering is to build something that produces commercial grade thrusts. 20mN with just a couple hundred watts is more than enough to replace all Hall thrusters, given the thrust die-off issue is addressed. You just need to be able to do this reliably and repeatably, un...

Hi Paul, All, So what do you think would be the logical steps needed to move from away from formal scientific experimentation and more to proof of concept engineering? Say a small radio-controlled buggy? Could we get enough effect using Y5Rs (or Y5Us) powered by an array of cellphone batteries to de...

Awwww, just as Jim Woodward stabilises his experimental rig enough to report a consistent 2-3 uN thrust signal (which should be a cause for celebration, even though we should maintain a degree of healthy scepticism, see below) this thread degenerates into such harsh words. Shame on us, but I guess t...

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