Original paper
Flight of an aeroplane with solid-state propulsion
Abstract
Since the first aeroplane flight more than 100 years ago, aeroplanes have been propelled using moving surfaces such as propellers and turbines. Most have been powered by fossil-fuel combustion. Electroaerodynamics, in which electrical forces accelerate ions in a fluid1,2, has been proposed as an alternative method of propelling aeroplanes—without moving parts, nearly silently and without combustion emissions3–6. However, no aeroplane with...
Paper Details
Title
Flight of an aeroplane with solid-state propulsion
Published Date
Nov 13, 2018
Journal
Volume
563
Issue
7732
Pages
532 - 535