Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
(OP)
I'd like to know how performant are the magneto dynamo plasma engine when plasma is accelerated with an external magnetic field and the internal electric field is just used for ionization.





RE: Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
RE: Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
Would it be possible to use them also for take-offs? As normal operation the electric engines are power limited, but specific impuls can be huge compared to chemical engines. Nevertheless the later is the only capable nowdays to defeat the gravitational force as they have a better trust, isn't it?
RE: Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
Right now it is impossible to take off from earth with an electric thruster.
RE: Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
(very poor thrust/weight ratio, and does require vacuum for operation, right?)
Jay Maechtlen
RE: Magneto Dynamo Plasma Engine
Most do need vacume because the properties of highenergy plasmas is that when those particals hit any others they cool and lose energy from the collisons that is why you need magnetic confinement to create very high temp plasmas or lots of power plasmas will degrade very fast in an atmosphere just creating them in an atmoshpere is hard enuff.
morgothia