These Planes Are Propelled With Ionic Thrust

[@TheActionLab]

Hey everyone! Thanks for 3M subs!

[@sharan-kumar]

❤️

[@classified_5701]

Congrats ❤️

[@PSDMithsuka]

Congratulations

[@brunomartel4639]

darn sure you deserve it young man

[@pianogoose2]

gg

[@heyitsjustaz]

Literally no KZbin video has ever started with a more compelling intro than "today I'm going to show you how to make an ion propulsion jet".

[@chingelauria7415]

253 likes and no comments?! Me:FINE I WILL DO IT MYSELF

[@lasajnae9626]

Hell yeah

[@jamescunningham1844]

"Hey vsauce michael here"

[@sorelzah4673]

We all have ionic jets now.

[@brianbordenkircher52]

Lol

[@G2721-e7z]

For some more infos on the ion thrusters on spacecrafts: In comparison to chemical rockets the exhaust speed can be way higher (exhaust speed correlates to efficiency). They are already used on satellites. They have a low TWR meaning they produce very little thrust in comparison to their mass. The gas used is mainly xenon and doesn’t contain any energy that is used for propulsion, it’s just used as mass that can be thrown away(to create thrust ). The energy comes from solar arrays / batteries.

[@boots7859]

Yes, that sounds correct. Question is what is the MPG equivelent of Xenon they are carrying. Several orders of magnitude higher than molecular combusion IIRC.

[@jemlittle1787]

Mass that can be thrown away ? Thats a tiny bit flippant sorry. That tiny bit must be taken with and also gives a finite travel distance. Both the main reasons ion is touted as better this test just shows it fails on.

[@HarryPotter99]

Ah shit

[@ryandean3162]

@@jemlittle1787 Mass that can be thrown away is the way all space travel works. You move by throwing away the uninteresting bit (the fuel) to move the interesting bit (the spacecraft) somewhere else. Conservation of momentum requires this. Thankfully, there is no Conservation of Interesting Bits. In fact, the center of mass for the spacecraft and fuel remains stationary, at least barring outside interference, and the fuel just ends up over here somewhere, and the spacecraft ends up over there somewhere. The question is exactly how efficiently can you convert into movement the throwing away of the uninteresting bit. Conventional rockets are not very efficient, ion thrusters are very efficient.

[@tinypine7831]

Xenon provides the mass associated with its density( heavier than other nobel gases / elements) also bioavailability of Xenon requires no catalyst; be used as a zero point energy source

[@PlasmaChannel]

Love that you have the SparKit Wimshurst! That's a cool little powersource, designed by a 14 year old in New Zealand.

[@minepaperstudio5683]

Yey

[@parzival__1]

Hey plasma channel , I'm Ur fan

[@-ChrisD]

Plasma channel, I love seeing your comment! I just recently received a coffee mug of yours in the mail that I ordered. The black mug with the key and energy in purple. It's fantastic! Such a cool image 👍🏻

[@karmajsbetter]

OMG. I can't believe you commented on this channel. Both of my favorite channels talking.

[@checkingoutgypsymike2075]

Hopefully someday a person with the vast knowledge you two have will build a controller and run a hyperdrive system like Gerard Morin was trying to build, if the electric companies can use their skin effect energy to pull the ionic energy out of the atmosphere to feed our transformers, building a frequency controller to run the edrum motors should be no problem.

[@wesleybaker8188]

You just explained ion propulsion in 2 minutes. I've spent hours watching probably boring space engineering videos and never understood. Legend

[@justsaiyan8678]

If you were my physics professor, I wouldn’t ever leave class.

[@shifa-8423]

Yup

[@leiladekwatro3147]

Go home, the graduation ceremony ended 4 years ago

[@douglas60040]

I had a pretty cool physics instructor...it’s fun to continue learning by a hands-on KZbinr.

[@madkirk7431]

Ikr

[@sm10_2]

My graduation ceremony will START 4 years seriously

[@jaisuriyar5259]

"I'm out of content" -Words never came out of this guy's mouth.

[@Elsonlianneihguk]

+He's so wholesome

[@toragold]

Don't give him pressure. He is working hard. Even he can burnout 😅. But yes, the guy is never out of content 😂. Im always asking what he brings next. And he is always impressing me with his content. I Love this channel. some times im even laugh like the video where he jumps from a car. btw cool experiment 👍☝

[@insectbite1714]

@@toragold he time traveled in one of his episodes. HE KNOWS IF AGENDA 2021 WILL WORK OR NOT. HE IS TRYING TO MAKE EAERH DEPOPULATED WITH BILL GATES😒💧🫔🥔🥚🦪🤪👦🤪👦🏆🧪😬👦🍒🤯🎀🥔👵😂🍾🥔💚🌄🏆😡😄🔥⛎🤪😎🎀🇨🇳🇨🇳⛎🥚🇨🇳😬🇨🇳🍒🇨🇳🇨🇳🍾🫔🤪🦪🫔👦🍾🦪🥕🍅🫒🥕🥕🍅🔥🎃🥚🔥🥚👱😒💚😒🏆🤷🤷🇨🇳🎀🥚😒🇨🇳🥕🎀💚😡🥚🤯👱👵🥔🎃🥯⛎😂😣🥯🎃😂🥯🎃🥯😫🤷😫🥲😣😫🥲👱😫🥲🏆🧪👱🥲👱🧪🥲👱🧪🥲👱😒👎👵🌄👵👎😬👎🫒😎🥚👱😎🌄🥚😎😬💚😎🏆🎀🥕🇨🇳🎀🇨🇳🥕🍒👎😂🎃🥔🤯😎💧⛎🥲💧😎🤷🏆💚🥚🤯😒😂🍒🥯👎😬⛎💧😎😎💧⛎🔥⛎😎⛎💧🫒🎀🥕😒

[@OeshenNix]

@@insectbite1714 are you drunk or having a stroke maybe both and stupid

[@loganthesaint]

Science will never run out of content

[@theoriginalkeysto]

I love the fact you 3D printed some no mans sky spaceships to use as planes, great little Easter egg there lol. (They also use ionic propulsion in the game, for those that dont already know)

[@Carlo99yehey]

@Maxime Schweitzer same ngl

[@EchoNovemberDelter]

Does it say in the description, or is tritium/di-hydrogen a fuel source for ion engines?

[@theoriginalkeysto]

@@EchoNovemberDelter tritium and dihydrogen are highly ionized substances, that's all I know. Lol

[@ThirstysURL]

We use fuel that we build and discovery most of the museum of alien life 4k video ourselves

[@Corpah]

It's the alpha vector

[@Admiral45-10]

I'm really into aviation. Planes using cheap and effective methods of propulsion sounds just awesome.

[@RootzRockBand]

@@ooneybird27I suggest you watch “keys to the truth” “how top gun fighter jets fly”

[@EiriksvinZ]

That's a whole new engine race. Ion engines, size, thrust, speed records, the whole game. Usage ideas like secondary engines, or stage related concepts. This is exactly what we need to focus on for any and all aspects of travel. Make it happen.

[@datatwo7405]

Providing of course the petro industry and the politicians connected to them don't fight to slow it down like the joke of a president Bush, Jr. and Cheney. They did everything they could to slow non petrol fuel source development while pushing petro dependency. That is only one of the reasons that the U.S. is still stuck in stasis with no real impacting developments since the turn of the century.

[@EiriksvinZ]

@@datatwo7405 Well, I'm a supporter of seeing the Petro industry taking the lead on this sort of venture. While they figure out the science of it, we'll buy big trucks and gas guzzlers as incentive to lead to something better. My position is to support the expansion and growth of the current industry throughout the process which frees us from that burden. They've got tons of funds, and some of the smartest guys on the planet, so there's no reason they couldn't flood our markets with infrastructure funds and investment opportunities. If we keep them on our side, they'll be sure to keep us with new engines. There will always be an oil industry, but who knows, they might find that diversification of resources earns them even bigger rewards.

[@potatopower707]

That’s a while away, there are many loose ends there.

[@ringofasho7721]

It's INCREDIBLY inefficient. First of all you need high voltage, which means heavy batteries and tons of power. And the heavier battery, the harder it is to move the object. Think about how much power you would need to push a car uphill with wind, then think about how heavy your power source would have to be to give that much thrust. Now put that battery pack onto the car and it's too heavy to push again.

[@potatopower707]

@@ringofasho7721 good explanation

[@tylerpitts6178]

Him: the reason it's spinning in a circle.... Me, an intellectual: is because it's hard to spin in a square

[@II_Bruno_II]

Very funny

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Sounds crazy, but it can be done (ish): kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnSTgp19l7KIfqs

[@chillinggrin84]

Technically the truth

[@davisdf3064]

@@williamchamberlain2263 They did it they actually spun on a square

[@williamchamberlain2263]

@@davisdf3064 crazy isn't it?

[@jamofthejar]

"Hi everyone, today I'm going to be showing you how to make an ion propulsion jet." He said as if we had the same level of equipments to follow along.

[@mrsprite399]

In our imagination, everything is possible and every equipments can be found even the outer space ones.

[@Quagula]

You have a fork and an outlet dont you?

[@jamofthejar]

You know what to do

[@absalomdraconis]

@@Quagula : You also want to build a step-up coil for that sort of thing. Fortunately, plenty of places sell AC-voltage wire.

[@pineseeker6162]

@@Quagula hehe bad memories trying that one

[@LightningEagle14]

That explanation was incredible. Concise, but very easy to follow. I understood it right away. What a cool concept! It’s crazy to think that you can propel something with just electricity and no moving parts.

[@melissaflood505]

Yeah here on Earth

[@poggergen1937]

@@melissaflood505 *cough* oxidizer *cough*

[@taz6122]

@@poggergen1937 lmao!

[@luminasentinel8318]

What more crazy is. We got now the technology to have unlimited energy the man replicate the power of the sun light and converted into electricity.

[@freezingcathedral]

why is that crazy?

[@AnonymousMC]

Congrats on 3 million dude! Your content is very informative and I like the short videos! Keep it up.

[@milord2921]

Ur subbed to the ppl i watch

[@AnonymousMC]

@@milord2921 Yeah lol

[@myrmatta1]

IS THIS THE REAL MINECRAFT!?!? I love your game!

[@andrewhamop6665]

Father?

[@AnonymousMC]

@@myrmatta1 Lol, no, not the real Minecraft. So sorry lol. Their channel is kzbin.info and mine is kzbin.info.

[@2toeninja]

This would make a great plasma ball type toy. Would be sick if you could have an x-wing chasing a Tie fighter.

[@JJ_Binks]

Especially because a the 'TIE' in TIE fighter stands for 'Twin Ion Engines'!

[@oliverslicey]

@@JJ_Binks that’s dope

[@wawar163]

@@JJ_Binks sickkk

[@Toodoi]

@@JJ_Binks Actually George Lucas just called them TIE fighters because they looked like bow-ties.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@Toodoi That's not as cool as 'Twin Ion Engines". I'm going with the cooler definition even if it might be incorrect.

[@patrickrose1221]

You really are the tops . Blew me away with this one. I'm 58 years old and you make me feel like an amazed kid again . Thank you so much : )

[@Carlo99yehey]

glad theres something that can make people like you smile, god bless

[@patrickrose1221]

@@Carlo99yehey love and peace to you and yours x

[@patrickrose1221]

@@Carlo99yehey my boy calls me Boomer pmsl : )

[@jayjoseph-r5t]

Man! We need professor like him ….he is best in teaching

[@ashkanr4796]

if you were my science teacher, id probably graduated from Harvard by now. you are a very inspirational person and I'm 38 and saying this. idk what you do besides YT, but imagine if you teach science to kids, it's gonna be awesome. you make future scientists. make them inspired and enthusiastic. you are a very awesome individual and I never get out of your channel disappointed. wish you all the best in the world. love and respect

[@vitaminprotein6549]

The best scientific explanation channel on youtube.

[@MaximMarkiw]

Golden Pepe haha

[@DennisJDuran]

This comment made me follow this channel.

[@aaabbb-tr2yd]

Could you please share any circuit diagrams, voltages etc. that can help us replicate the experiment? Thanks for you awesome videos all the time. A physics teacher.

[@raymondedge8889]

Just research online. This tech has been around for 40+ years. Found not even close to being effective.

[@CTimmerman]

Those permanent Tesla coil sparks might be dangerous, but video 5R9VlK2iSZ4 shows you can achieve the same static propeller effect with a Van de Graaff generator.

[@1littlelee]

brobally not because it look suspect

[@CTimmerman]

@@ooneybird27 Kinetic energy of the propelled ions moves the device, similar to ion thrusters on satellites.

[@airierwitch4116]

@@ooneybird27 It's much more efficient to propel the fuel with an ionic engine, rather than just the pressure of the gas - although many spacecraft do use pressurized gas maneuvering jets! Ionic propulsion produces much less thrust at once, meaning you can't accelerate very fast, but it's so much more efficient that you need a very small amount of fuel to propel the spacecraft. You just have to wait longer for it to get where you want it to.

[@jasonellis8180]

This is the kind of technology I’ve been talking about for years now, this will change the evaluation of aircraft flight. This is the future.

[@Kodum_BheegaraN]

Boring physics & chemistry at schools but now I'm curious to know physics and chemistry here😂. Our school syllabus are outdated 😂😂😂

[@thalavalikaran262]

Exactly 100% correct👍😁

[@qureius494]

But they are the base

[@gavincarr2990]

@@qureius494 i agree. Even though they are tough classes, having a foundation in them makes these videos much easier to grasp, as well as allowing the viewer to make their own guesses/ hypotheses about the experiments

[@Khonic23]

Syllabi*

[@OldSilkRoad]

Those two little aircraft chasing each other is the most badass thing I’ve seen today.

[@Carlo99yehey]

69th like nice

[@scp-yr4kv]

@@Carlo99yehey 96th like ecion

[@edisonhugo8554]

100th like to you oldsilkroad :)

[@OldSilkRoad]

@@edisonhugo8554 Thank you!

[@OldSilkRoad]

@@Carlo99yehey My favorite number 😉

[@artdonovandesign]

I assumed the thumbnail was an exaggerated illustration. But Prof. Orgill NEVER disappoints. And 3...2...1... The glowy, purple ion thrust was simply wonderful! Another great episode from Action Lab :(

[@noahway13]

3 2 1

[@eta10tp1]

:(

[@narayanbandodker5482]

I have an idea you can try out: Since light travels faster in a vacuum than in air, can you show light refracting in your vacuum chamber? You can shine a laser through it, see where it lands, then create a vacuum and watch the laser change course

[@realryder2626]

Take it to the hadron collidor... and send it

[@truegret7778]

I worked during summer break whilst in college at a power supply (Space Shuttle flat CRT monitors, military displays, etc. - 15-30KV @ 1-4 microamps as I recall). We had an ionic sculpture with a spinning spiral wire balanced and spinning on pencil lead. This was connected to a high voltage power supply - it was pretty cool, wish I still had it.

[@joshimilind10]

SpaceX's Starlink uses ion thrusters to coast in their orbit from when they are deployed.

[@ovidius2000]

howMuchTimeTheGasLastsInTheSatteliteUntilItsConsumed?

[@xavier6130]

useYourSpaceBar

[@GravityRoller]

@@ovidius2000 WonderingSame...,OrWhereDoesGasComeFrom(Generated/Stored/etc)?

[@fermented8006]

@@ovidius2000 At some point the satellites would just enter the atmosphere if out of fuel, no clue how long they would last

[@AntonisDimopoulos]

Ion thrusters are used in spaceflight since the 80's

[@elektroqtus]

Thanks for the insight on this topic. I have a -15Kv power box as a negative ion generator. Did ion wind experiments as well with it. Was supposed to be anti gravity plates, the blueprint. My voltage was too low, plates too small and no glass insulation between them. Cardboard doesn't do so great

[@michaelknight5589]

Do you know how hot the flame gets? Thanks :)

[@poppedweasel]

Ooh, with a giant tesla coil we can make the Earth's orbit more eliptic or inclined. We might not have an atmosphere afterward, but it's an option for solving global warming. Well done, Action Lab.

[@arthemis1039]

When the answer is worst than the problem !

[@user-qy2wf2lt6v]

It will be just 300 ℃ during the day, so not sure hwo that solves our global warming problem. Maybe the -160 ℃ during the night will compensate for it.

[@il_moddo]

I see this as an absolute win

[@mrono1910]

You cant alter the movement of our planet without ejecting mass from it or moving mass closer or further from the center

[@poppedweasel]

@@mrono1910 That's why I suggested we might not have an atmosphere afterwards. (Now someone's going to calculate how mach deltaV the atmosphere's worth just to tell me my joke is nonsense)

[@sselesUneeuQ]

Me, at work on a break: ah yes, wonderful stuff *sipping my soda in lalaland*

[@johnb4882]

I need to add this to my x wing and tie fighter figures.

[@Carlo99yehey]

good luck my friend

[@homevander]

@@Carlo99yehey twin ION ENGINE

[@shaihulud4515]

What a great introduction! Went straight to the basement to get my diy-stuff ready. Can you please show us how to make or own fusion reactor next time? This would be dope!

[@nizu9544]

all you need is uranium, boron or cadmium, steam turbine, and generator. you have now achived nulear power plant be sure to slow down uranium with boron or cadmium or you will blow off the Earth be sure to be careful

[@thunderstrike8935]

Congratulations on getting to 3 million subscribers!

[@davidmcnamee136]

It would be interesting to see if a “ducted ion fan” could be made by recessing the needle into the airplane a little, and making the body of the plane hollow so that air can be accelerated throigh it.

[@diobrando9842]

Space engineers players: “hey, I’ve seen this one before, it’s a classic

[@dakat5131]

Except in SE the ion thrusters work worse in the atmosphere.

[@jaxjax2011]

@@dakat5131 its because se thrusters are hets

[@dishsoap8428]

yeah until you bring forth the world

[@rat_king1236]

No way so if I went a little way past it my idea for my 6th grade science fair project would have worked 🤣 nice video 100% subbed

[@chuckandmax7313]

When I see technology like this being shown to me, it just makes me wonder exactly how far advanced our technology really is. I’m sure that there are top secret technologies that the government has created that are far note advanced. And if you can do this test on such a small scale I can only imagine what it’s like at a full scale. I am certain that we will be able to use this technology in the aeronautics industry and from what I’ve learned on other channels I know that there is an abundance of power surging in the upper atmosphere as low as 150 feet that planes can access without having to have a great deal of onboard energy cells.

[@rxonmymind8362]

Think levitation.

[@Idiotboxxx]

Philadelphia Experiment

[@AnonEyeMouse]

The problem is scale. This works well enough on tiny things but once you start adding mass it gets uneventful very quickly. Think about an ant. Notoriously can carry fifty times its own weight but if you were to scale it up to the size of a car, it wouldn't be able to stand or lift its head. Scale and gravity are a real kick in the crotch.

[@icamefromthestars7647]

Exactly what I’ve been researching for 20 years now? Energy is never wasted, only transformed? There’s almost a endless amount of energy out there THAT HAS TO BE TAPPED?

[@RootzRockBand]

Fighter Jets have using this tech since the end of ww2. Do you think the wings of a fighter jet could possibly carry the amount of fuel needed to power fighter jets? They use microwave plasma engines, look at the exhaust nozzle on the back of a fighter jet when it’s in action, no smoke, they are not burning fuel.

[@bipinthakur8901]

This channel is underrated. He deserves more attention

[@7531monkey]

He should have like 3 million subscribers.

[@matakaw4287]

That's a novel way to pass gas. Congratulations on 3M!

[@detroitredwings7130]

Well...that just took the trophy for the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.

[@mr.medico9863]

Ironic Propulsion : *Exists* Vacuum Chamber : *I'm gonna end this man's whole career*

[@Otzkar]

Ionic

[@fikhhgg]

Haha

[@nambam5409]

Unlucky autocorrect

[@_ruted]

lol thats probably why his suit stops working at high altitudes

[@rdxdt]

True ionic thrusters works in vacuum, they accelerate the gas and newton laws do the rest.

[@krispockell685]

"You supply the gas thats going to get propelled out the back." I sure do, you know me so well.

[@laffbath6740]

Can I get a quarter? Wya

[@akakonqoro]

😂😂😂😂

[@stewarth8390]

All of a sudden bake beans and the farting scene in Blazing Saddles comes to mind as a gas source 😂😂

[@pranavcv1265]

Meanwhile Electro boom: Hold my electric shock ****************

[@fikhhgg]

Ok

[@typicalmooyt69]

He explains it in a funnier way

[@That_Soviet_Memer]

if electro boom has the same characteristics as the action lab Ok we are going to do it 1 2 3 A Capacitor just exploded

[@sharan-kumar]

@@That_Soviet_Memer 😂

[@That_Soviet_Memer]

@@sharan-kumar Electrboom is the god of Profanity and the devil of free energy

[@antonnym214]

That purple aurora off the back of those thing is incredible! Well done! Very impressive.

[@RCPlaneAddict]

That was amazing. I wonder how big, and how much energy you would need for a ionic jet to propel say a 80mm foam plane. Would be good to try.

[@ne1cup]

look into "lifters" large but light structure using ionic breeze

[@pramitharyan5167]

The action lab NEVER ceases to AMAZE

[@DlSASTERCHlLD]

Even if this will prove to be impossible to engineer in any useful scales, this is a fascinating concept. Also, "ion thrust planes" has a good ring to it, haha.

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

It's funny to imagine a distant future when all aircrafts have been replaced with ion thruster propelled versions & the emission of greenhouse gasses is under control... but suddenly there's a new crisis of too much ozone building up in the atmosphere because of all the ion thrusters.

[@insectbite1714]

@@dr.zoidberg8666 yet there are chemicals that remove ozone and most planes fly in space or near space so the ozone will instantly escape

[@gabelster3729]

This video served me to develop my high school monography. I’m SO grateful this dude made this video

[@therice]

So basically the reason why I'm so ass at going into an orbit in Kerbal Space Program is because I keep using thrusters that don't work in the vacuum of space 😂😂😂

[@thatoneguy9291]

Lmao if you’re using Ion thrusters they’re relatively weak for large crafts, they work fine though if I remember correctly.

[@niks660097]

@@thatoneguy9291 no ion thrusters are not powerful(in kerbal), probably they'll add more parameters(future updates) in sync with latest inventions...

[@thereoc]

Ion thrusters have incredible ISP and efficiency but TERRIBLE thrust to weight ratio.

[@luckylmj]

ion engines in ksp only work in space but they're really weak

[@Beertraps]

Ion thrusters for space travel DO work in space. In fact their main usefulness is in space because they produce very little thrust for their weight so in the atmosphere they are pretty useless. However because there is no air drag in space the ion thruster's weak thrust can last for years because they are fuel efficient and a weak thrust over years ends up giving you more total acceleration than rocket engines. So Ion Thrusters for modern spacetravel are mostly useful for long lasting missions.

[@YYYValentine]

On the tesla coil, because it is AC, it is different. There, the increased pressure of the heated air (heated by the spark ) pushes the ships around.

[@TheActionLab]

Yes the heat definitely has a contribution to the planes spinning. But AC voltage also works with ionocrafts as well (although not as well as DC). I’ve seen a lifter (ionocraft) fly using a Tesla coil with no visible plasma. The neutral wind still occurs even with AC voltage because whether it is positive or negative the neutral wind moves in the same direction.

[@YYYValentine]

@@TheActionLab That is interesting! Thank for the answer!

[@shotanet888]

Finally, I understand how Hayabusa's engine worked!!

[@nealwright5630]

I remember, when I was a pre-teen, our Childcraft encyclopedias had ionic propulsion explained. I always wanted to build something to show it. And I always wondered why spacecraft did not use it.

[@SURENARUN]

Awesome video🔥🔥🔥 Why are you not giving advertisements in the video😓.I need to contribute to you. I couldn't afford for join button or action lab kit😖😓 .I will never skip an advertisements in your video,I will watch it fully 😀. Btw congrats for 3 Million 🔥🔥👍👍

[@maxtv333thesuperstar3]

even if its 1 hour long?

[@sa-zq4eq]

Tamil aa bro

[@SURENARUN]

@@sa-zq4eq yeah bro

[@SURENARUN]

@@maxtv333thesuperstar3 no ad will be of 1 hour bro...

[@SURENARUN]

@LuckyStar no bro

[@prahalord]

An idea: make this thing spin in water Edit: if my math is right the propulsion would be nearly 16 times more than it was in air

[@SqueezeboxOfDelights]

just don't stick your fingers in the water while it's running...

[@dwaraganathanrengasamy6169]

I believe the viscosity is pretty high for water to make this work... Nice thought though...👍😃

[@inventor121]

Normally I'd say you'd be right, but the water would decompose into hydrogen and oxygen at that point.

[@inventor121]

@Deborah Ajao ion propulsion relies on ionization and water can only be ionized to a very small extent. At high voltages it becomes more likely that the water will electrolyse.

[@inventor121]

@Deborah Ajao it will but I doubt it would work well. At some point it's just going to split off into hydrogen and oxygen. You might get some passable thrust but nothing that could beat even the weakest of electric motors.

[@Unrelistk]

If I'm remembering correctly the problem with ionic thrusters is that while really efficient they have a low acceleration due to the low mass of the charged particles they use as thrust.

[@ChAnimations]

@Mr. Ditkovich that will increase the thrust, but decrease the efficiency, because the exhaust velocity will be lower. For space based ion thrusters, the thrust is limited by the available electric power (usually up to a few kW). If you have more power, you'll have more thrust while maintainig high efficiency. So huge solar panels or a nuclear reactor would be the way to go for large and high-thrust electrically propelled spacecraft.

[@h7opolo]

superb. you finally give hope to an emerging technology. please make an updated video about this topic, i.e. ionic thrust. thanks very mooch!

[@richardpagel6959]

I really like your videos! You explain things simple enough for everyone to understand, using some very nice visual experiments to do so.

[@Neo_Zeon]

It's how TIE fighters from Star Wars get their thrust. Twin Ion Engines.

[@thebzo]

Nice!

[@benisjammin8926]

Could be wrong but that sounds way to weak

[@scottowens398]

@@benisjammin8926 I want to make a *"I'm too weak!"* joke, but my real answer is it's Star Wars. George Lucas can do whatever he wants. =)

[@thebzo]

@@benisjammin8926 It's a fictional world 🤣

[@serenityofcognition920]

No oxygen is in space

[@sorinciolacu9929]

Action Lab, you never fail to inspire and amaze me. I love your content and the way you present it. Never stop and always continue to bring informative lessons to the world. You are doing a great job doing what you do well done!

[@agustinbs]

amazing, thank you so much for explaining this so clearly and practically

[@markyWWE234]

Just wanna say that you are still one of my favorite science channel. Keep it up man😁

[@WingmanSR]

I agree. Though I do miss "Hey, Vsauce! Michael here!", and I still love Veritasium, though that is a bit more academically in-depth. Action Lab is a great channel for teaching people not about science as much, but why they should *_enjoy_* learning about the sciences.

[@Alan_Skywalker]

Want to know, how much voltage there needs to be to generate a wind strong like that in the first experiment?

[@dsdy1205]

several dozen kilovolts

[@NLGeebee]

@@dsdy1205 yeah... I was afraid of that :) So no battery powered ionic propulsion in the near future...

[@dsdy1205]

@@NLGeebee The voltage alone doesn't mean too much. You have to look at voltage x current x time of use.

[@prathamdhattarwal]

This guy is a genius!

[@Ogsonofgroo]

Just found this and am amazed, thanks so much for teaching/sharing!

[@blackoak4978]

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. While it may be true that the ions bounce back after hitting neutral atoms/molecules, the main thrust is in the initial pushing of the ions. If the electric field pushes ions one way, then the source of the electric field must be pushed the other way with equal force

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

But the neutral atoms, the "wind" as he puts it, is moved using electrostatic repulsion from the ions, not the force generated on the ions themselves. The reactionary force to this is imparted on the ions, not the source of the field, but since mass is moving in one direction, it generates thrust on the direction of desired movement. And remember, the ions are moving opposite to the desired direction of movement, so the reaction force there is actually *helping*.

[@MaxSMoke777]

Thank you! I had to search the comments just to find one person who knew his explanation was wrong. And it is wrong. VERY WRONG. I've seen a few of his video. HE'S ALMOST ALWAYS WRONG!!!!

[@MaxSMoke777]

@@noabsolutelynot3660 Seriously? You're splitting hairs! It's still basic Newtonian physics. The field makes a force that pushes, and is in turned, pushed. This guy is still COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY wrong.

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

@@MaxSMoke777 Take a deep breath and calm down.

[@punyapanchal8043]

The co incidence is that I was wondering yesterday about ionic thrust and here you are

[@crazyfunyt7111]

Me too

[@AndrewRPerez]

Wonder about money lmfao

[@jimmcdougall9973]

Great video, thank you. Perhaps I’m a pessimist, but I always ponder what short and long term effects our endeavours will have on the environment. What are the costs to the environment in manufacturing and using such propulsion systems? Oxygen to ions = what byproduct, if any?

[@laurakranich]

Any good engineer should first create the problem, then some time later find a solution.

[@madison0348]

@@laurakranich like they did with oil lol

[@rootsharp9946]

Thanks. I knew this was possible 10 years ago but I still couldn't figure out the efficiency. I guess no one knows.. yet. Good luck for the awesome people developing that drone.

[@titanproductions3628]

Learned more here than in school love your KZbin channel ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sumittrivedi3759]

You are a genius. The quality of content is extremely good ! God Bless your efforts !!

[@That_Soviet_Memer]

to spam the comments

[@onesadtech]

This is incredible technology! Thanks for sharing, your break downs are always very easy to understand, while still giving great detail. 😁

[@onesadtech]

@simpsons Bart what are you talking about my dude?? There's no gas in the vacuum of space, but there's gas within atmospheres all over the place. 🤷‍♀

[@Darthbelal]

I've seen things like this before, THANK YOU for a down to Earth explanation of what ionic thrust can and can not do.......

[@whatidoinmyfreetime2289]

That's so cool oh yeah and this isn't a dangerous experiment.

[@ikitclaw7146]

Untill you ramp it up to maximum power! and set something on fire lol

[@NPC-bs3pm]

I LISTENED TO YOU❗ ⬇ 🔥🔥😧🏠🏚🔥🔥🚒 Why would you do this to me😞?

[@whatidoinmyfreetime2289]

@@NPC-bs3pm what to you???

[@NPC-bs3pm]

@@whatidoinmyfreetime2289 You said it was safe you said it "isn't dangerous" Now I have no home 😥

[@whatidoinmyfreetime2289]

@@NPC-bs3pm sry due to my stupidity I still don't get it.

[@TheRealPhilG]

do these not work on a larger scale? seems to me that this would be an interesting way to make a plane fly and never need to really refuel

[@lesliel1182]

Oh there are plenty of designs for this. Plenty...but they won't allow the cats out of the bag, that there has never been any reason for burning fossil fuels. Now why would you imagine that is?

[@chubbmaster6164]

unless you make really efficient solar panels you're going to have to refuel. and electric aircraft do exist. i doubt that this type of propulsion can be scaled up that much

[@chubbmaster6164]

@@lesliel1182 well at the moment the world can't function without fossil fuels and we can't really switch to green energy because of insufficient battery storage

[@Kai...999]

@Leslie L Theres not enough energy density. It's not a fossil fuel conspiracy, they just suck in practice. Obviously in this Era a company would immediately greenlight a technology that removes refueling.

[@lambjab9832]

@@Kai...999 There is, it is a conspiracy. See when the say that it's a "theory" then you know it's real. They bank on their brainwashing program because of how successful it's been.

[@staresinconfusion1946]

It sounds like what Iron Man used for his repulsers and thrusters.

[@typicalmooyt69]

Ya

[@abhinav3478]

Send this idea to blacksmith industries.

[@ebeleldo6769]

Hehe, yeah

[@staresinconfusion1946]

Yessir

[@srijanumesh5355]

@@abhinav3478 hammer industries

[@BBBCanada1]

Best explanation I’ve seen so far.

[@Flusterbomb]

Bookmarking this for a thousand years into the future when this is commonplace.

[@michael4576]

Nah, easily in a couple decades.

[@zantar666]

The amount of great content you put out amazes me. Thanks

[@osmacar5331]

So that's how elite does it, fusion reactor gets "dirty" from the reaction process the "dirty" air then gets sent to the thrusters

[@zabby533]

Fantastic information, This brings another question.. how did the Apollo missions create trust in a vacuum to go to and return from the moon?

[@user-cy2iq1gl1t]

I’d really like to see the math on equivalent thrust to the scale of a typical jet engine. I.e. The watt/amps/volts to produce enough thrust to replace a current aircraft jet engine. Let’s say 10000lbs of thrust for an hour. In addition the efficiency of an ion air engine. Theoretically is it more or less efficient to covert say JP5 to mechanical thrust or to utilize ion air propulsion? What is the %loss during final conversions vs the theoretical yield of the stored energy? Could you please white board this?

[@ihateemael]

they won't/ can't. Ion thrust is viable in space cos there's no air resistance and it can stay on for months/years continuously accelerating. But here in reality its up there with free energy! But I'm happy to be proven wrong?!

[@saims.2402]

It will fly better in space.

[@saims.2402]

@Mister Dicken I thought he would make a gas tank

[@saims.2402]

@Mister Dicken I like predicting what’s going to happen.

[@pratik4833]

But there is no air in space

[@ayubshaik2907]

@@saims.2402 and you prediction is wrong

[@saidarshannayak9538]

i think if we use a torch light Then it shoot photon and progagate 😜

[@svenplayz1649]

So thats how aircrafts fly in the futuristic movies huh. Heck, we can have flying cars fly like this!

[@benisjammin8926]

Way too weak

[@MountainManMike]

@@benisjammin8926 not really :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoplasmadynamic_thruster

[@erridkforname]

Yup. Now we only need a small fusion reactor xd

[@MountainManMike]

@@erridkforname Not if you beam the power to the ship instead of carrying it with you :-)

[@dewfall56]

Physics and engineering are so cool. Youth of America, if you can manage to get into those fields (not at all easy), you will get the excitement of new discoveries, and the respect of the world.

[@hexum9449]

What is his name? It would be interesting to know more about him and his history.

[@javi8431]

Thats a good idea, put this for everyone to see so all can give feedback from this so he can screen everyones idea to get something that does work for free.

[@raxanimations7215]

NASA should hire you

[@01DOGG01]

People were making hovering ion powered craft using CRT monitor components back in the 90s. It's nothing new.

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@@01DOGG01 ok boomer

[@dogwalker666]

They already use them.

[@jamescharles1588]

That’s how UFOs are powered. Lol

[@Alterracorporationexploration]

You Mean unknown flying object

[@vaibhavshukla2353]

So nobody is gonna talk about the corona spinner.

[@borism.5375]

You mean a fan behind?

[@moltenhydrogen2218]

haha funny corona

[@ryzenryne8747]

@@borism.5375 there's no fan behind lol

[@sdsdsd8888]

@@ryzenryne8747 watch the reflection at 2:22

[@ryzenryne8747]

@@sdsdsd8888 I saw the reflection, so what?

[@katwal5411]

I would like to see your experimental setup mentioned in the video. What was the minimum voltage required? minimum current? What was the Force per Watt generated using a force (Newton) scale?

[@jarvish.1898]

Lol “turns valve” (squeak squeak) as I turn on my power supply 💨

[@raymondjackson1208]

So the spacecraft stops when it runs out of gas. Well that's not going to get it very far. What powers the ion stream?

[@konncord]

thats what i was wondering

[@marvin1432]

RTGs or solar panels.

[@aarytem7689]

The space craft won't stop in space until an external force is applied

[@attepuurtinen1160]

your mama

[@xyz8206]

I don't know about space, but it's going to be pretty useful here on earth. Ionizing the air around it to produce thrust.

[@Time-cc2qb]

You read my mind I was literally thinking about ion propulsion

[@change252]

Tie Fighters have ion engines. This is confirmed by the subtitles in the Start Wars movie saying * ion engines * every time we hear the Tie Fighter scream.

[@M0NSTER_D0SE]

yooo that ship is from No Man's Sky, I'd recognize the shape of the thruster and wings everywhere

[@fallout_hun]

Me too, and I specifically looked for a comment like yours to know if anybody else recognised it!

[@Joopyter724]

Damn I haven't played nms in ages Their ships are much more iconic than space wedges haha

[@M0NSTER_D0SE]

@@fallout_hun Graaah fellow interloper!

[@smartlearning3222]

Hi, whats the voltage required to generate the ionic thrust?

[@gamma2581]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm naughty naughty tryna build an ion engine

[@DraconicMaker]

I thought it said “ironic thrust” that would be pretty ironic!

[@scottowens398]

Not quite..

[@stephenross8463]

I know nothing but the absolute basics (probs even less than that) about propulsion systems......but I understood every word of this presentation....thank you Sir.

[@AaronNetsell]

Action Lab...you're the best !!! Never a dull moment, always fascinating. :-)

[@nistarok123]

"So this is pretty amazing, we can generate wind with no moving parts" I can do the same with a bowl of chilli and a couch, big deal.

[@mbm8404]

Under rated comment!👌

[@megatronyeets]

Lmao