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[QuantumDot]

the British recently created a UAV with plasma actuators, which can save about 10 percent of the weight of a plane, while the current design tested will not work at high speed( above mach 1 ) there is a another design that will work at hypersonic speeds, the current problem is the amount of energy needed to make it work which wouldn’t be a problem with a DPF, a sophisticated design is believed to be able to reduce drag by 30 percent and reduce heating from drag by 50 percent.

as to the propulsion design Richard Dell who is working on a polywell design with George Miley think that they have created a magneto hydrodynamic vertical takeoff system. which would work something like the propulsion system for the “Red October” in that it would ionize the air then using electro magnets create a suction force on the air and then again use magnets to keep the air from hitting the sides of the drive to help keep them cool, so imagine a funnel, that is how it will compress the air without fans. depending on the design it might compress a large amount of air to a near liquid before expelling it from the rear of the engine.

Richard Dell Jr who is developing nuclear fusion propulsion is interviewed by Sander Olson