From: doc@tardis.org   
      
   On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:36:22 +0300, om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) wrote:   
      
   >Doctor Who  wrote:   
   >   
   >> om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) wrote:   
   >>> I'll have to ask, since I can't make sense of your website and   
   >>> individual experiments are not described in sufficient detail:   
   >>> is the direction of "thrust" changed by reversing the device?   
   >>   
   >> the thrust is directional on the V dipole, that should be clear   
   >> enough. Yes, the thrust is reversed by reversing the device, it   
   >> is a unidirectional force. As I said we make tests on a scale,   
   >> with thrust up and thrust down by reversing the device.   
   >   
   >I assume the heat dissipation of the device is also fairly directional?   
   >As far as I can tell (it's been a while since I did physics) this does   
   >not unfortunately seem to eliminate possibility of thermal effects.   
   >   
   >These could at least partially be elimininated by running the device   
   >for longer periods at a time, perhaps with added heatsinks and/or   
   >some kind of sideways-directed air flow to keep it from overheating.   
   >If having a cooling fan running has no effect on the thrust produced,   
   >it at least makes the thermal hypothesis a bit less likely.   
   >   
   >Unfortunately fans produce vibration and turbulence, which may be   
   >enough disturbance to mask the rather faint signals altogether.   
   >A classic very cheap solution for creating laminar air flow is to   
   >pack a bunch of plastic straws after a fan.   
   >   
   >What is your schedule for tests under near-vacuum conditions?   
      
   I don't know at the moment, I have to ask pnn calmagorod.   
      
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