Direct Thrust Measurements of an EMDrive and Evaluation of Possible Side-Effects

http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2015-4083

by iliis • 11 years ago

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Animats• 11 years ago

Hm. They put in 700 watts of microwave energy, and got 20μN of force out. That's incredibly tiny. At that level, they have to try to eliminate sources of error such as attraction between the current-carrying conductors and anything conductive in the neighborhood. They're working in a vacuum, because 700 watts will generate enough heat to move air. It's one of those things that's so close to the noise threshold that you can't tell if it's real. They write: "Our test campaign cannot confirm or refute the claims of the EM drive."

eljimmy• 11 years ago

Where's the rest of the paper? I only see page 1. Do I need to pay? :(

prothid• 11 years ago

Yeah, paywall. It looks like you can't even see the price without creating an account.

pmalynin• 11 years ago

http://sci-hub.org/10.2514/6.2015-4083

TheLoneWolfling• 11 years ago

Flagged for paywall. Will unflag if the link gets changed to something where I can actually read the article.

Direct Thrust Measurements of an EMDrive and Evaluation of Possible Side-Effects

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