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Tuesday, 13 June 2017
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kylemcbitch said @ 8:34am GMT on 13th June
Yes, and with an ion thruster for 1–7 kW of energy you can get 25–250 millinewtons of thrust. Would you care to see how much more efficient that is in comparison?
250 millinewtons: 250000 micronewtons.
EmDrive? 80 micronewtons.
kylemcbitch said @ 8:36am GMT on 13th June
Yes, and with an ion thruster for 1–7 kW of energy you can get 25–250 millinewtons of thrust. Would you care to see how much more efficient that is in comparison?
250 millinewtons: 250000 micronewtons. (at 7 kW)
EmDrive? 80 micronewtons. for 1 kW. If we scaled that to match... 560 micronewtons at 7 kW.
kylemcbitch said @ 8:38am GMT on 13th June
Yes, and with an ion thruster for 1–7 kW of energy you can get 25–250 millinewtons of thrust. Would you care to see how much more efficient that is in comparison?
250 millinewtons: 250000 micronewtons. (at 7 kW)
EmDrive? 80 micronewtons. for 1 kW. If we scaled that to match... 560 micronewtons at 7 kW.
And that presumes it works as stated, which we know it doesn't. Nearly every peer reviewed test that found trust at all has been redacted once they found other explanations, for example: the thermal expansion of the heat sink, which in space would no produce any effective thrust.
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kylemcbitch said @ 8:34am GMT on 13th June [Score:1 Informative]
Yes, and with an ion thruster for 1–7 kW of energy you can get 25–250 millinewtons of thrust. Would you care to see how much more efficient that is in comparison?
250 millinewtons: 250000 micronewtons. (at 7 kW)
EmDrive? 80 micronewtons. for 1 kW. If we scaled that to match... 560 micronewtons at 7 kW.
And that presumes it works as stated, which we know it doesn't. Nearly every peer reviewed test that found trust at all has been redacted once they found other explanations, for example: the thermal expansion of the heat sink, which in space would no produce any effective thrust.
Either way .. now the story is getting some forward momentum itself ;)