jmdrake wrote:
> Bernd
> at least gave a plausible, testable scientific explanation of what might
> be happening. If you wish call it the "Bernd Paysan effect." But it's
> not ion wind.
Actually, I found a supporting observation on one of the lifter pages: the
lifter effect depends on solar activity. My explanation goes that the
effect is an electrostatic effect towards "ground" level, i.e. earth as a
(charged) third plate. Generally, one would assume that a large body in the
universe is uncharged, as a charged body would attract ions of the other
charge and in turn become uncharged; however, earth is within the solar
atmosphere, which is charged (solar wind consists of ions which miss one or
more electrons; the solar magnetic field keeps the electrons).
My explanation is certainly speculative. However, any ion wind effect that
would work under normal pressure would almost diminish even when there's
still a rest atmosphere in the so-called "vacuum".
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Bernd Paysan
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