Ok. Harry
Michel Jullian wrote: > Of course it does, but nothing much, no more than a wire a few mm long > carrying a few mA current. > > Michel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: Lifters > > >> The motion of the ions does not generate a magnetic field? >> >> Harry >> >> Michel Jullian wrote: >> >>> No, because any net Lorentz force (due to the geomagnetic field?) would be >>> not >>> only very small, but at 90° from the thrust direction. >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> >>> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:57 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Vo]: Lifters >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> Michel Jullian wrote: >>>>> The lifter >>>>>> will simply rise if the force exceeds its weight, in which case its >>>>>> acceleration is (force - weight)/mass, as long as the aerodynamic drag >>>>>> remains >>>>>> negligible as is the case in all practical lifters. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Would the lifter also have to overcome a lorenz force? >>>> >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>> >> >> >
