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32 Florida Professor’s Plasma UFO 32 Florida Professor’s Plasma UFO Florida Professor’s expressed interest in the aircraft, and the hoping to fly within Earth’s atmosphere will Florida Professor’s Plasma-propelled university is seeking to license the design, he need at least an order of magnitude more thrust, Plasma-propelled said. Roy said. Also, the power source needs to be “This is a very novel concept, and if it’s Flying Saucer tirs successful, it will be revolutionary,” Roy said. extremely lightweight yet still produce enough Flying Saucer S Stirs Interest The vehicle will be powered by a power to generate the necessary plasma. Not to Interest phenomenon called magnetohydrodynamics, or mention the fact that the very same plasma that the force created when a current or a magnetic will allow the aircraft to fly also will interfere Jay Goodwin - University of Florida field is passed through a conducting fluid. In the with electromagnetic waves necessary for Jay Goodwin - University of Florida case of Roy’s aircraft, the conducting fluid will communication with the vehicle. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of be created by electrodes that cover each of the But Roy is confident that the unique Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering vehicle’s surfaces and ionize the surrounding air nature of his design will allow it to clear the associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a into plasma. technological hurdles and take to the skies, and patent application for a circular, spinning The force created by passing an he’s not deterred by the risk of failure. aircraft design reminiscent of the spaceships electrical current through this plasma pushes “Of course the risk is huge, but so is the seen in countless Hollywood films. Roy, around the surrounding air, and that swirling air payoff,” he said. “If successful, we will have an however, calls his design a “wingless creates lift and momentum and provides aircraft, a saucer and a helicopter all in one electromagnetic air vehicle,” or WEAV. stability against wind gusts. In order to embodiment.” The proposed prototype is small – the maximize the area of contact between air and The propulsion system for Roy’s saucer aircraft will measure less than six inches across vehicle, Roy’s design is partially hollow and sprouts from his extensive U.S. Air Force- – and will be efficient enough to be powered by continuously curved, like an electromagnetic funded plasma actuator research, the results of on-board batteries. flying bundt pan. which have appeared in more than 15 scholarly Roy said the design can be scaled up and One of the most revolutionary aspects of journals. theoretically should work in a much larger form. Roy’s use of magnetohydrodynamics is that the The production of the aircraft will be a Even in miniature, though, the design has many vehicle will have no moving parts. The lack of joint project of UF’s mechanical and aerospace uses. traditional mechanical aircraft parts, such as engineering department and its electrical and The most obvious functions would be propellers or jet engines, should provide computer engineering department. [] surveillance and navigation. The aircraft could tremendous reliability, Roy said. Such a design be designed to carry a camera and light and be also will allow the WEAV to hover and take off ‘X’ Zone Radio & ‘X’ Zone Radio & controlled remotely at great distances, he said. vertically. Fittingly, Roy said his flying saucer one Though the design is promising on TV Show TV Show day could soar through atmospheres other than paper, towering obstacles stand between the Merchandise Is No Earth’s own. For example, the aircraft would be blueprint and liftoff. Merchandise Is No an ideal vehicle for the exploration of Titan, No plasma-propelled aircraft has vailable At: Saturn’s sixth moon, which has high air density successfully taken flight on Earth. Such designs A Available At: and low gravity, Roy said. have found some success in space, where www.xzonestore.com The U.S. Air Force and NASA have gravity and drag are minimal, but a vehicle www.xzonestore.com SoulMystic SoulMystic AMIRAH AMIRAH Her MISSION as a Healer is to help you find your Inner Spirit. Her MISSION as a Healer is to help you find your Inner Spirit. For Lifetimes, Amirah has served as a "Soul Mystic" -- Master Clairvoyant Healer and Spiritual Teacher. Amirah's profound work creates life changing results that clients value. AMIRAH is a SoulMystic - a * Spiritual Life Coach masterful quantum energy * Quantum Energy Healer healer and spiritual teacher. Her reputation is far reaching on an * Psychic Medium Consultant international scale working on * Clairvoyant Training and Healing exorcisms, missing persons, * Author of "Love Up Your Life!" personal counseling and education. She has spent almost * Sacred Journeys www.soulmystic.com 3 decades immersed in healing and intuitive arts and has been a www.soulmystic.com guest on numerous radio shows.