INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a plane that can fly without any moving parts, according to MIT
But instead, this electric plane from MIT uses a Electroaerodynamic (EAD) Propulsion.This is a completely different way of getting a plane
into the air that's fully electric without any rotating propellors, gas turbines or moving parts of any kind.The experimental aircraft
And although scientists have known about EAD Propulsion for some time, this is the first instance when it's been used to propel a plane
That means no part of the plane needs to move to get it going
electrodes of different sizes, the electric field that's around the smaller electrode becomes really high
An electric field then accelerates these ions from the smaller electrode to the larger ones
While moving between electrodes, all the ions collide with neutral air molecules and transfer momentum that produces what's known as an
noise and CO2 and Carbon Monoxide emissions.Video via MIT Electric Aircraft Initiative on YouTube.So will we see this kind of quiet and
Barrett from the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics said: "It might be possible that it could carry people
or combining it with conventional propulsion
And it could be we could find some reason why it couldn't be usable in the future
But it could also be that it's widely used in drones or maybe even larger aircraft too."He goes on to say that he can imagine a future where
we're using lots and lots of drones to carry out various tasks in urban environments and a silent propulsion system like this one would that
vision much more possible.
