possibilities of electromagnetic theory

[cdestroyer]

Background:

in the late 1880's michael faraday was researching electromagnetics. during a demonstration a piece of metal was thrown across the room when he turned on his device. not knowing what to make of this the term 'electric wind' was attached to the action.

in the same time frame nikola tesla was also working with electromagnetics, and built his famous coil, and gave us the induction motor. he also had something he called free energy.

in the mid 1950 thomas townsend brown was researching gravity and magnetic pole reversal. he built several small discs that he could make hover through the use of some type of electromagnetics. i have seen a video of these discs and it may still be available for viewing on the web. brown also built a larger disc to demonstrate to an english/french consortium as a possible use of a flying machine.

 

the problem brown had was a power source capable of generating enough energy and yet small enough to fit inside a disc. fission reactors were in use but were very large. fusion was unheard of at the time.

the same reaction from an atom bomb takes place but at a slower rate in a reactor.

fusion reaction has been unable to be maintained...however there is a possibility of direct conversion antimatter reactor, thus providing enough energy.

 

Speculation:

my general thought is that given the above information could there be some relation between all the various items i have mentioned to produce a very large directed emission of electromagnetic force sufficient to lift an object? there may be available a specially doped metal that a device could be constructed from which would allow this charge to be rapidly deployed and used to power a lifting body.

i do not know enough math to be able to figure out if this could be done.

 

[EdEarl]

Your question is complex, and the only way I know to satisfy yourself that any answer you get is correct is to learn the physics and math necessary to answer your question. I recommend khanacademy.org for physics and math; however, there are other online, free resources that teach physics and math.

 

I think the answer to your question will be that your idea is not practical, but your description is not specific enough to fully understand what you intend. On the other hand, there are ways to levitate a body via either electrostatics or magnetics. The only practical application AFAIK is a mag-lev train.

[swansont]

The induction effects you describe are now well understood. You can make a jumping ring experiment to demonstrate

 

As EdEarl notes, you could do maglev with this if you had a track. But something like flight would not work, because this is only generating a force where you have a device on the ground.