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Re:Silent and Simple Ion Engine Powers a Plane with No Movin... by saidajigumi on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @12:34PM (#18504388)
And from TFA (sadly, the paper in Nature is referred to, but not properly cited) a main innovation is the development of a system that provides the required 40,000 volts from a battery in a form-factor amenable to small aircraft (think drone) usage.
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Re:Silent and Simple Ion Engine Powers a Plane with No Movin... by Varcht on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @12:53PM (#18504554)
Will make being a baggage handler pretty exciting.
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