Getting off the ground isn’t easy. The relentless and invisible force of gravity hugs every one of us to Earth. Only 630 people have ever escaped, briefly and at monumental expense. Probably the most mystical phenomenon of all – yet gravity has no skeptics – everyone is a believer.
I write this hurtling through the sky, 13 Burj Khalifas off the ground. Propelled by a pair of high-bypass turbofan engines that burn as much fuel every hour as a G-Wagon goes through in a year. The thrust produced is about the same as 50 redlined G-Wagons. They put out more heat than all the ovens in your neighborhood combined, more noise than Metallica, more exhaust than 15 G-Wagons driving the same distance. I am experiencing the awesome power of combustion, the miracle of flight. Plus I get some free peanuts.
We don’t actually want heat, or noise, or exhaust those are just wasteful byproducts. What we want is thrust.
There’s an enticing, but elusive idea for generating thrust. Variously called x-force, electrogravitics and ionic wind over the last century, researchers at NASA, the Army Research Lab and most recently MIT have all misunderstood this phenomenon and only achieved minimal thrust.
Dalion has finally discovered how this “mystery force” works. Their electric engine has no moving parts, and operates in silence. Having understood for the first time how this force works, Dalion has already achieved thrust to power ratios rivaling propeller engines. They’ll soon be able to make drones and eventually aircraft.
By now I hope your mind is reeling from the implications. Silent, zero-emissions drones and aircraft, delivering boxes, burritos and people! Quiet Roombas and Dysons!