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Biefeld–Brown effect (wikipedia.org)
27 points by MichaelAO on Oct 26, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



B-B working on high vacuum by the NASA : http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/ascvacuum/index.htm

> "Conclusions : This experiment is very interesting and shows definitely that a force is produced on asymmetrical capacitors when a High Voltage of +45KV is applied between their armatures in a High Vacuum ( 1.72 x 10^-6 Torr )."

Also, NASA patent for it : http://www.google.com/patents/US20020012221

There many interesting videos of B-B on high vacuum that shows that "ionized air" isn't the only propulsive force on it.

More papers by USA's army labs : http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/arl_fac/index.html

B-B effect is interesting, and needs a real scientific studies, not begin to talk about UFOs, eltrogravity or any sci-fi things. We need real scientific data here !!!


There are a bunch of videos demonstrating the effect https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=electromagnetic...

I believe, the Mythbusters demonstrated the effect is entirely due to the moving ionized air and not due to any disturbance of gravity. Fascinating subject nonetheless.


Mythbusters don't tested it on high vacuum, where there is an appreciable propulsion effect.

NASA have patents of B-B propulsion units to be use on small sats.




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