OS:Beer glass thruster cell design

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Ionic receiver

In terms of finding an appropriate household object to base cell design upon, allowing easy low cost home experimentation, beer glasses seem optimal, for several reasons.

• 1) They have the optimal conical shape for the receiver end of the ion flow
• 2) Beer glasses already integrate a softened lip at the larger end
• 3) Non conductive and easy to line with foil
• 4) Its easy to cut the bottom out of plastic beer glasses
• 5) Initial experimentation could be done with plastic beer glasses, actual working models for flight, should use genuine beer glasses, for improved strength and durability.
• 6) 500ml / 1 pint beer glasses are suggested as a minimum size, as theory indicates larger is better for ionic cells

Cell intake design

The cell intake will also need optimization, as per fluid dynamics.

I anticipate something like a cone shape / funnel placed round the emitter point, which when the thruster is moving at speed, will direct airflow / ambient electrons towards the emitter point.

Cell emitter

• 1) A shape that tapers to a point. Again, fluid dynamics of cell to be considered.
• 2) The point following the rough 1mm per Kv rule, will likely be about 15cm from the beer glass, since 150Kv is the planned base input for the Beer Glass Thruster.
• 3) This is a much larger distance than conventional "lifters", but of course because the input voltage will be significantly above the air breakdown voltage, a larger distance between the ionic emitter and receiver, will of course allow a higher duty, and more thrust.

OS:Beer glass thruster