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Plasma Wings?


TJ McCaustland

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Why would you get thrust and lift from the wing? How would you make the heating asymmetrical? Why would a wing be the best shape to do this? The closest analogue I can think of for this would be a rocket engine, and they are not anything like wings.

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Well the reason why you would do this is because of the reason that you would not have to provide fuel.

 

How do you get the wings (or whatever) hot enough to form a plasma from the air, and maintain the temperature after you've transferred energy to the air in creating a plasma?

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I am guessing you would need fuel.

True, but say we had a mythical fuel that did not vaporize the wings, and did not produce stupidly high levels of radiation, would this be possible, though terribly ineffective?

True, but say we had a mythical fuel that did not vaporize the wings, and did not produce stupidly high levels of radiation, would this be possible, though terribly ineffective?

Because I can see that on worlds like Venus, if we ever get there, this could be highly effective due to the dense atmosphere.

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