On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However an electrostatic hover car which hovers just a few inches to a few > feet above the ground and no more, may prove to be more practical, legal and > easier to build than a flying saucer, since the cars strictly speaking do not > fly but simply hover just above the ground and no flying license would be > needed > to use them. Some advantages of electrostatic hover cars are that they are > noiseless, do not wear out roads, nor need roads or tires.
What do you mean "practical?" As far as I'm aware, nobody has ever demonstrated any sort of electrostatic "hover" effect which can lift large mass. (Have you?) On the contrary, a charged pair of planes as you describe should be attracted downwards towards the slightly-conducting Earth surface, no? (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 206-789-0775 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
