The
RotoLifter v1.0
By Jean-Louis
Naudin
created on
November 18th, 2001 - JLN Labs
- Last update December 6th, 2001
All informations in this page are published free and
are intended for private/educational purposes and not for
commercial applications
In this experiment I have used two Basic Lifters mounted on the rotating apparatus, the purpose is to get more datas about the speed, the acceleration and the power ratio.
RotoLifter v1.0 : The design specifications are :
Main armature
:
- Aluminum plate ( 120 x 30 mm and 5/10 mm thick ).
Secundary
armature :
- thin copper wire at 35 mm from the main armature.
Weight : 18 g ( each )
Experiment : I have used the same rotating apparatus and the same High Voltage generator than with the ACT v1.0 for conducting this test.
The two Lifters are fixed on a 440 mm diameter frictionless rotor, and the HV is sent through the main rotation axis.
TESTS RESULTS ( 11-28-01 ) : Successful
When the HV power supply ( 20 KV DC @ 120 uA ) is switched on, the RotoLifter v1.0 starts to rotate and accelerates very fast up to 118 RPM. You will find below the curves of the Linear speed ( m/s ) and the RPM Vs the time.
The detailled analysis of the experimental datas, with the wire (+) is shown below :
| ACT v1.0 | ACT v3.0 | v3.0 Vs v1.0 | RotoLifter v1.0 | RotoLifter Vs Act v1.0 | |
Thruster Weight ( Kg ) |
0.04 |
0.135 |
3.4 more |
0.018 |
2.2 less |
Initial Acceleration ( m.s-2 ) |
0.088 |
0.043 |
2.0 less |
0.524 |
6 more |
Thrust ( mN ) |
3.5 |
5.8 |
1.7 more |
9.43 |
2.7 more |
HV Power Output ( W ) |
1.74 |
2.05 |
1.2 more |
2.4 |
1.38 more |
Thrust (mN) / Power (W) |
2.0 |
2.8 |
1.4 more |
4 |
2 more |
Conclusion : You may notice in the datas above, that the Thrust/Power ratio and the acceleration are the best datas compared to the ACT design.
This experiment confirms that the asymmetry between the armatures of the capacitor contributes to give more thrust and also a better efficiency.
See the video of RotoLifter v1.0 tests
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Documents references :
The Transdimensional Technologies web site
Read the NASA
Patent description
and see the FULL NASA PATENT US 6,317,310 ( granted November 13, 2001 )
NASA MFS 31419_1 -
Apparatus & Method for Generating Thrust Using a Two
Dimensional, Asymmetrical Capacitor;
E-Field gradient around the NASA's Two dimensional asymmetrical capacitor module by Vencislav Bujic
See also :
The
NASA Two Dimensional Asymmetrical Capacitor Thruster
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