Re: Ion drive for aircraft imminent.

Subject	Re: Ion drive for aircraft imminent.
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design, sci.physics, rec.arts.sf.science, sci.space.policy
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From	Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk>
Message-ID	<_hsWz.199871$IO.151045@fx45.am4> (permalink)
Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2016-11-15 00:04 +0000

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On 14/11/16 19:35, Fred J. McCall wrote:
> Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 14/11/16 12:54, Fred J. McCall wrote:
>>> Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 14/11/16 11:02, Jeff Findley wrote:
>>>>> In article <0g2j2chkqnifba356q8ek0cvesu22mn07i@4ax.com>,
>>>>> fjmccall@gmail.com says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 14/11/16 02:21, Fred J. McCall wrote:
>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Aircraft engines don't lift anything.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Of course they do.  It's that whole Lift/Drag thing.  Remove the
>>>>>>>> engines and airplanes don't go up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Except when they do, and that can be higher than commercial
>>>>>>> airliners :)
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_altitude_record#Gliders
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gliders aren't airplanes and they don't get up there without something
>>>>>> with an engine.
>>>>>
>>>>> True.  Whether it is a tow plane (like seems common in the US), a motor
>>>>> on a winch for a cable launch (common in Europe, or so I'm told), or
>>>>> even "self tow" (engine or motor and propeller on the glider) a glider
>>>>> would have a hard time getting off the ground without some sort of
>>>>> engine/motor.
>>>>
>>>> False. See my other reply for videos of examples.
>>>>
>>>> (But in Europe winches are more common than tugs, and
>>>> a typical release height is 2kft, but higher is possible.
>>>> A normal tug release height is 2kft, sometimes 3kft)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And before anyone mentions that a glider can stay aloft pretty much "all
>>>>> day" by riding thermals, yes it can.  But, if you're spending all day
>>>>> searching for the best thermals, you're not spending any time going from
>>>>> point A to point B, so they're not terribly useful as transportation.
>>>>
>>>> True, but they are a damn sight more fun :)
>>>>
>>>> (Besides, ISTR sailing ships seem to have been
>>>> used for transportation, even though they were
>>>> sometimes becalmed :) )
>>>>
>>>
>>> 'Becalmed in a glider means you land.  Then you have to figure out how
>>> to get it back up in the air again.  And you'd better have places to
>>> land all along the way.
>>>
>>
>> Standard operating procedure: pick a field, pluck off the wings,
>> put glider in trailer, go home. Also many gliders have "get
>> out of trouble" engines, but they expect not to use them.
>>
>> But the point is not whether gliders are practical means
>> of transport (they aren't), but whether you need engines
>> to go up. (You don't - unless you count the sun as an engine
>> :) )
>>
>
> So the point is irrelevant, since gliders aren't airplanes

airplane noun
1. a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward
thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and
driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
2. any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a
glider or helicopter.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/airplane


> and they
> practically never get off the ground without an engine.

They go up without an engine, which contradicts
your original statement. I've gone up at 1000ft/min
until reaching cloudbase, pulling 2.5-3G continuously
while doing it. So did the other glider ~300ft away.

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