Ionic drone technology. The engines and propellant are Ions.

We built one of these static flyers at the University physics department in the early 2000's. The high voltage power supply kept blowing up but while it lasted, the simple straw and aluminium foil triangle flew.

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Just had flashbacks to this, was one of the earliest films I can remember!

These are fun to make, but it’s worth pointing out that they’re tethered to a power supply. Including the power supply into the drone would make it too heavy to fly. You could maybe do a small glider drone, using the ions for forward thrust. That could glide for a bit, then fall. It’s a cool concept, propulsion without moving parts, but it’s woefully inefficient, as you have to ionize air molecules, in order to draw them from one electrode to the other. As they travel along, they bump into other air molecules and create a bit of a flow. But it’s inherently weak. Best I could do was make a paper towel flop around a bit, which is kind of a small reward, considering the risks that come from playing with a million volts.

Ion believe it 😂

this is a distraction from "anti-grav", "electro-gravitics" and plasma or ZPE phenomena though. It's cool tech' - but this ain't it 🤷🏼‍♂️

I built these in my apartment with old tube tv transfomers ca 2001 😆 it's definitely electron wind and don't let anyone tell you it's biefield brown effect or magic.

In truth, the ionic flying machines are dangerous toys. They use extremely high voltage to generate a tiny amount of thrust. That voltage is provided via a wire connected to a power supply. That blue thingie at the end is a ducted fan rc.

These take an exorbitant amount of voltage to work

Hey it's a lifter!

Let's scale it up, if one got close enough to something 100x the size, would we get ionic burns? This case has always had me on the fence