The Ion Wind Tests on
Transdimensional's Lifter
By Jean-Louis
Naudin
created on October 10th,
2001 - JLN Labs - Last update October 15th,
2001
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In the Birmingham Business Journal ( July 19, 2001 ) we can read : " The scientific community has also mistaken Power3 for ion wind propulsion, although Transdimensional says ion wind contributes less than 2 percent of the system's total motive force. "
So, I have conducted two tests to check if the fact of removing the ion wind is able to cancel the upward thrust.
Ion Wind Test #1 :
The Lifter1 that previously tested on Oct 1, 2001, has been used for these tests. The three thin copper wires has been completly insulated with Three 5 mm diam plastic tubes so as to remove the ion wind previously generated by these thin wires.
With these plastic tube the Lifter1 is not able to self-levitate, so it has been placed on a Roberval balance and insultated with a polystyren box.
TEST RESULT : When the High Voltage power supply is switched ON ( 41.9 KV @ 90uA - 37.7 Watts ), the Lifter1 goes upward and the needle of beam balance move to the left. ( see the photo and the video of the test below )
The Ion Wind Test #1
Ion Wind Test #2 :
To check again if the main lifting thrust is
not generated by the ion wind. I have used a thick cardboard sheet between one
wire and the main armature. In the case of the ion wind generates all the
thrust, when a cardboard shield is placed below one of the wires, the Lifter
must tilt on one side due to the resulting asymmetrical flow.
A such test
has also been performed by Transdimensionnal Technologies ( see :
http://www.tdimension.com/video_pages/lifter_ion.htm )
TEST RESULT : When the High Voltage power supply is switched ON, the device remains stable and continue to hovering at the same level. ( see the photos and the videos below )
The Ion Wind Test #2
Conclusion : It seems that after these two tests, that the ion wind generated by the thin wires isn't the source of the main upward thrust observed on the Lifter device.
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