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Bussard ramjet and the ion jet engines
Bussard ramjet
One
of the most interesting versions of the futuristic interstellar rockets
that theorists have invented is the so-called Bussard ramjet. In that
system, the magnetic funnel would pull the ions from the space to the
track, where the lasers would ignite the fusion reaction. If the
spacecraft would have an aerodynamic body, that thing allows it to fly
in the atmosphere.
The thing is that the same system can also
work as WARP-drive and the normal hypersonic scramjet. The regular
scramjet engines might look like the "Buzzard ramjet", and there is a
possibility that the spacecraft of the future would use the combinations
of the normal, hydrogen-burning scramjet, where is connected the WARP
or fusion system, what allows them to operate at the solar system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet
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The ion jet engines
The
ion jet engine or the electromagnetic ramjet can work undersea and
airborne devices. The idea is simple. Air or water would be ionized at
the front of the system, and then the magnetic track would drive those
ions through it.
The ion jet engine is not the same thing as a
cathode engine. The cathode engine uses an electron ray to giving
thrust. The ion jet engine has a more powerful thrust than the cathode
engine, and it can operate also in the atmosphere if the density and
power of the ions are high enough. The ion jet engine uses ions, what
the system would pull through the channel.
There is a
possibility to install the magnetic system, what would press the ions
together, and the laser that starts the fusion. This kind of engine
system would need external energy like high-power turbines or nuclear
reactor for maintaining the fusion reaction. Or maybe in the future, the
energy for that kind of system can deliver by using some kind of energy
rays.
The electric jet engine is one of the most impressive
systems in the world. The system itself doesn't require internal fuel if
the electricity can deliver to the system by using some other method
like maser rays or some other kind of radiation. The ion jet engine
would ionize the gas, what comes in the engine at the front, and then
the engine would have the opposite rotating magnets around the jet pipe,
what will accelerate the ionized gas in that tube, what would give very
good speed to the exhaust gas.
There could be two linear tubes
in that engine, and the magnets would accelerate the pls and minus polar
ions in the same direction. The thing is that this kind of system would
not require the moving parts, and when we are thinking that the
acceleration tubes would also give the system able to operate as the
WARP or magneto dynamic drive, that thing could give the airplane
ability what is missing from other similar systems. That aircraft can
operate as well as underwater and airborne conditions if that aircraft
can have a suitable power source.
The thing is that the ion
engine can operate as well as a weapon like an engine. If the target
would load by using the opposite mark electricity than ions, it would
pull them to it. The electromagnetic engine is one of the most
fascinating ideas ever got. The remarkable thing is that the
electromagnetic engine can work if it is connected with the rocket
engine. In this model, the electromagnetic engine would install in the
rockets combustion chamber, and the pumping system would give
electricity to the ion engine. The ions can pump to the chamber by using
the tube, which is going through the rocket.
So that kind of
system could be a very multipurpose tool, which can have many abilities.
The problem is how to get the electricity to that engine. This is the
thing, that makes the system hard to make.
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