Watch as Yves Rossy straps on a pair of jet-propelled wings, steps out of an airplane at 7,500 feet to dance and soar over the Alps. Why? “To impress the girls!” Of course! Read more about this amazing invention View a longer video about “Fusionman” Rossy…
Plasma-Powered Vimana
University of Florida Professor Subrata Roy has applied for a patent on a “wingless electromagnetic air vehicle”, a circular, spinning aircraft design reminiscent of Kenneth Arnold’s flying saucers.
The planned prototype is small (truly saucer-sized, smaller than a dinner plate!) and relies on magnetohydrodynamics for flight, with electrodes to ionize the surrounding air into a plasma. The force created by passing a current through this plasma energizes the surrounding air and pushes against it, simultaneously stabilizing the craft and providing lift.
Variations on this concept have been tested in space, but not on Earth. If this craft succeeds, it will be the first of its kind!
