I want to note right away that an inertioid is an engine that repels from the environment, as it is written in Wikipedia and not otherwise. As the ancients said, “no body can set itself in motion” and on these words it is worth putting a fat point. In this article, I want to talk about the benefits of inertia that become apparent if this motor is used for its intended purpose. This story is built not only on speculation, but also on some simple experiments.
Inertioid
As a rule, all testers of the inertioid create for it such conditions as to minimize its contact with the environment as much as possible. So that he has almost nothing to push off from. But despite this, the inertioid is always moving. The only test that he fails miserably is the test in zero gravity, when there is no fulcrum. It all started for me when I accidentally came up with a simple inertioid with a high pulse frequency. After conducting all possible tests, including in zero gravity (free fall on the floor), I came to the conclusion that he can push off almost everything except emptiness. If you go the other way and instead of depriving the inertioid of support, give him a good push off, he will move using everything that comes to meet him. Naturally,its effectiveness will directly depend on the resistance of the environment, and on its homogeneity, as well as on how strongly it can interact with it. I ended up attaching an umbrella to the inertia to see how it bounces off the air. And although this idea is already a hundred years old, modern technology has allowed us to look at it in a new way.
If we consider the usual inertioid, which is forced to carry the mass of the eccentric load with it, then this does not look very effective, especially for an aircraft. But the payload can be the load, and the inertioid itself, and the rest of the part, which will perceive the resistance of the medium, can weigh almost nothing. Thus, we get something that resembles a bird, in which the body plays the role of a weight, and the wing serves to lean against the air. Of course, the flight of a bird is much more difficult, it has perfected its energy efficiency over millions of years of evolution. But it is impossible to recreate it mechanically, using very high power, due to friction and vibration. And the system with an inertioid will greatly simplify everything to a reciprocating motion of variable power. By pushing different sides of the wing with different force (like waving a fan, for example) it can be controlled.
Repulsion
But first about how the inertioid can be repelled from the air. Repulsion can be described as a process in which one body gives acceleration to another, and receiving the opposition of the inertial force of another body, accelerates itself. Consider an inertioid as a system of two interconnected bodies that repel and attract each other. However, their common center of mass remains in place. If, during their repulsion, a force acts on one of the bodies, resisting its movement, then the other body moves further. And the common center of mass of the two bodies shifts. Thus, the system starts to move, starting from the force that resists the motion of one of the bodies.
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In order to obtain this resistance force in an air environment, we make one of the bodies in the shape of a ball so that it is streamlined, and the second we give the shape of a plate so that it experiences maximum air resistance when moving. When these two bodies are repelled from each other in the air, the plate receives more resistance and moves a shorter distance, and the ball receives less resistance and moves a greater distance. And the whole system is moving. If the bodies are pulled back at the same speed, then we get a vintage car with an umbrella, and the system returns to its original position.
But if the bodies are attracted at a higher speed, then as a result of acceleration their mass and kinetic energy becomes larger, the plate receives more air resistance. And here the fun begins. The plate transmits an impulse of inertia to the air and receives air resistance in return. In part, it causes the plate to be pushed back. But the bulk of the energy is transferred on Air molecules begin to transfer the impulse of inertia to each other in turn, which leads to the formation of a wave that propagates in the direction of the impulse, upward. The wave moves by inertia, carrying energy with it. In this case, the mass of air and the mass of the plate will remain practically in place, with the exception of a slight repulsion. Since the wave represents areas of high and low pressure, the air will tend to equalize the pressure. If we consider a wave that propagates evenly in a circle, then the air flow will begin to restore balance only when the wave loses strength. But since the wave propagates in only one direction, the restoration of equilibrium will begin immediately after the formation of the wave.
The air resistance will gradually take energy from the wave, turning it into wind, which tends to fill the area of reduced pressure behind the wave. The initial energy of the wave is greater than the strength of the wind. Therefore, the wind will follow the wave, trying to catch up with the area of reduced pressure in which the plate is located, pushing it. This will continue until the wave energy is completely converted into wind energy, and it will equalize the pressure difference. Thus, the plate transfers its energy to the air, and the air around the plate begins to move in the direction in which it pushed it. During this time, the plate is slowly attracted to the ball, creating a force against the wind. The energy of the plate, and the force it creates in this case, is less than that which it gave to the air by the previous action. As a result, the air flow drives the entire system. In other words, the plate pushes the air forward and it moves with it. This process can be seen by dangling a spoon in coffee foam. In 3D it looks like an annular vortex with an upward flow inside. The vortex originates from below, gaining strength, catches up with the saucer, and collapses, flowing around it. Creating it all the time, you can glide on it like a surfer on a wave.
The reason for this phenomenon may have the following explanation.
Imagine that atoms or molecules of a liquid or gas that are as close as possible to each other as a result of compression. The only possible position in which they can be equidistant is triangles, which combine into hexagons. This corresponds to the crystal structure of water.
Atom 1 gets a boost. Suppose the atoms will follow the path of least resistance, as shown by the arrows. If these are billiard balls, then every time impulse 1 will be divided by 3 and will lose strength. But if these are atoms or molecules that vibrate, then each time they collide, the pulse energy will increase, because the vibrating object itself creates a repulsive impulse.
Due to the repulsion of the atoms, a chain reaction will occur, which will first lead to the formation of multiple vortices, the prerequisites for which are in the figure, turning into large vortices. The cymbal converts the force of the vortex into motion. Thus, air resistance is the driving force of the saucer.
Therefore, the energy that drives the flying saucer is taken from the air.
In theory, a flying saucer can accelerate indefinitely, drawing energy from the environment with zero resistance.
It can be assumed that in the same way a flying saucer can be repelled in space, repelled by the solar wind, if the wing is a sail. Since the solar wind creates the sun, there is no need to create it. Due to the fact that the speed of a light wave is greater than the speed of the system, light waves constantly exert pressure on it from one side and it can constantly repel from them until it reaches the speed of light. Perhaps, pushing herself off the light for the last time, and not receiving resistance to moving forward, she will exceed the speed of light as much as she can push off. But these are still dreams.
Experiment
The cymbals I made are very ineffective. This is just a paper-and-wood wing, which shakes with its entire mass around a small weight. Of course, she herself cannot take off. But if you throw it, the effect becomes noticeable in the oncoming stream. The motor is designed so that the back of the wing flaps more than the front. And if the oncoming stream tends to overturn the plate with its nose up, then the inertioid, on the contrary, tries to lower it down, while waving the trailing edge of the wing like a fish's tail. In rare cases, it was even possible to get an almost horizontal flight with a slight forward inclination, very similar to a helicopter flight. But in most cases, the cymbal brakes dashingly, reaching the critical angle of attack, or rushes with its nose down a steep arc.
The fact is that its aerodynamic focus is directly in the center of gravity, and in order for it to fly smoothly, it needs constant control by the control system. In addition, in order for it to stop making aliens laugh and to be able to compete with jet planes, the power of the wave it creates must be comparable to the shock wave of a small explosion occurring at a very high frequency. To charge this device with such power, it is necessary to completely get rid of the mechanics by hanging the wing on a magnetic cushion. And in order for it not to burn out and crumble, turning air into plasma, and reflecting photons at the same time, it most likely needs to be done using shiny and beautiful iridium. Fortunately, we have already reached the asteroids. And finally, install an electron gun to get an electric sail in the form of a parabolic antenna.
Why is it needed
First, the flying saucer will bounce off the ground. Hanging briefly on the vortex created by this jerk, it will lean forward and along a long ascending arc, with a roar shaking the earth, rush into the sky. Having accelerated, it will fly out of the atmosphere, and, turning its wing towards the solar wind, will move on. Passing alternately by the planets, it will touch their atmosphere, and bouncing off them, increase its speed until it leaves the solar system. Pushing off from the solar wind, it will accelerate until the space environment, accumulations of gas and dust become dense enough for it (I spied on Paul Anderson) so that it could swim in them like a mad jellyfish. Having reached the final point, it will slow down in the same way, crashing into whatever it has to. Having entered the upper layers of the planet's atmosphere, she will be able to jump into them like a stone on water,choosing a suitable lawn for planting. Then the plate will smoothly go down like an autumn leaf and people who have become aliens will come out of it. Something like this:
Someday it will be. In the meantime, a small selection of technotrash from my workshop. The project is called Marypopins. Marypopins is the future).