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    News Plasma propulsion for aircraft and spacecraft.

    Dr. Clark was actually on the right track! Instead of using lower voltage with ultrathin wires though, you use higher voltage with really low current. Thinner wires produce more ion thrust with less current! Higher voltages are also more efficient for this type of propulsion. Please google...
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    Ion propulsion powers model aircraft

    The first ion propelled aircraft to carry its power supply is legally covered under US Patent # 10,119,527. It predates MITs glider by about 10 years. There are videos of it online and plenty of other evidence irrefutably showing it flying first. The MIT paper does say they are "the first to fly...
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