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A real flying saucer with plasma engine installed

Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:22 pm
by Dissident
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This is an air vehicle that can fly fast as airplane and be maneuverable like a helicopter, and fly in any direction, any time.
It's developed and designed by Subrata Roy, associate professor of University of Florida. USAF and NASA are already interested in this project.

Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingless_E ... ir_Vehicle

It has some similarities with the "Lightcraft", but is more stable.

Can it fly in space? The answer is YES!

"Unfortunately, WEAV is unable to fly without air, so if it is planned for use in space, then it needs another source of plasma"



My comment is that if in the past such projects did end up in failure, it was because of the lack of a good and compact power supply. Today we have hope, and that HOPE is the Polywell Fusor of Dr. Robert Bussard. After it's complete, a Polywell Fusor can be installed inside the craft, and then it can fly not only in air, but also in space. However, for improvement and a real 3-5 crew vehicle another 10-15 years will be needed to make it real. So far only the principle shows that it can fly.

In this thread all of the progress report in the future developpement will be posted.

Re: A real flying saucer with plasma engine installed

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:51 pm
by djolds1
Dissident wrote:Image


This is an air vehicle that can fly fast as airplane and be maneuverable like a helicopter, and fly in any direction, any time.
It's developed and designed by Subrata Roy, associate professor of University of Florida. USAF and NASA are already interested in this project.

Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingless_E ... ir_Vehicle

It has some similarities with the "Lightcraft", but is more stable.

Can it fly in space? The answer is YES!

"Unfortunately, WEAV is unable to fly without air, so if it is planned for use in space, then it needs another source of plasma"
Looks close to a lesser known MHD variation of Myrabo's Lightcraft.