Indian temples "copy" the appearance of the vimanas …
In our headings, we have already talked a lot about the ancient Indian vimanas, aircraft of the distant past, even about their designs and the principles of engine operation. We mentioned that the "gods" most likely used the "magnetic vortex" in the vimanas as an energy source, and already the people who received this device replaced the lifting force with mercury, which was available in large quantities and knew its properties … And such devices could fly too! There is a direct confirmation of this not only in ancient times, but also much closer to the present …
The name of the man who raised the modified "vimana" into the air again in the 18th century AD is Andrea Grimaldi. Long before the first official flight of the Wright brothers in 1903! Very few people know about him. Grimaldi, being a monk from Italy, carefully studied ancient Indian treatises and managed to build a flying installation according to the principles that were laid down in them. He used mercury as a driving force …
Today experts only assume that the flow of mercury, accelerated along the ring path to high speeds, creates a gravimagnetic field of great intensity around the "vimaana", as a result of which the lifting force necessary for flight is formed. Why exactly is mercury capable of this? The point is that in order to obtain the maximum lifting force, it is necessary to choose a substance with the highest bulk density as a working fluid. This condition is met precisely by mercury - or compounds based on it.
Let us once again recall the description of the vimaana from the ancient Indian treatise: “His body, made of light material, like a large flying bird, should be strong and durable. Inside should be placed a device with mercury and an iron heating device under it. Through the force that lurks in mercury and which sets in motion the carrying vortex, the person inside this chariot can fly distances across the sky in the most amazing way. Four sturdy containers for mercury should be placed inside. When they are heated by controlled fire from iron devices, the chariot will develop the power of thunder thanks to mercury, and it will immediately turn into a pearl in the sky.
Grimaldi was inspired by ancient Indian treatises and information from them …
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… and so, back in the 18th century AD, it was really possible to design an aircraft with a propulsion system based on mercury, which successfully passed all tests and actually took off - long before the Wright brothers! The full name of this genius inventor is Andrea Grimaldi Wolande. He was an Italian monk who devoted much of his time to a careful study of the available ancient Indian texts …
In the newspaper "Leiden Vestnik" of October 21, 1751, the aircraft he built is described as follows: “In the car on which Andrea Grimaldi Wolande can make seven miles in one hour, there is a clock mechanism; it is 22 feet wide and shaped like a bird, the body of which is wired together with pieces of cork, covered with parchment and feathers. The wings are made of whalebone and intestines. Inside the machine there are thirty unique wheels and chains that are used for lifting and lowering weights. In addition, six copper pipes, partly filled with mercury, are used here.
The balance is maintained by the experience of the inventor himself. In a storm and in calm weather, it can fly equally fast. This wonderful machine is driven by a seven-foot-long tail strapped to the bird's legs. As soon as the car takes off, the tail directs it to the left or right, at the request of the inventor. Three hours later, the bird descends smoothly to the ground, after which the clockwork starts up again. The inventor flies constantly at the height of the trees. Andrea Grimaldi Wolande flew the English Channel from Calais to Dover once. From there he flew to London that same morning, where he spoke with renowned mechanics about the design of his car. The mechanics were very surprised and suggested building a car before Christmas that could fly at 30 miles per hour. (48.27 km per hour - approx.)
After reading about "guts", "wheels", "chains" and especially "pipes filled with mercury", many scientists deliberately dismissed this story. But in vain! Indeed, in addition to the above-mentioned archival article, there are two more documents testifying to the flights of the "Grimaldi bird". In Italy, there is a letter from London confirming the flight, and in the French city of Lyon there is a scientific study of this machine, certified by three academicians, in which it is recorded that in 1751 Grimaldi made a successful flight from Calais to Dover.
The strange description of the apparatus is, in fact, quite pragmatic. Grimaldi just used what he could! The "guts" of animals could be used to stretch the frame of the wings. The choice of the feathers as the outer skin was apparently explained by the improvement in the aerodynamic qualities of such a surface. At the same time, the wings did not move and did not create thrust! This was done by mercury lift.
Description of the start of the flight of Grimaldi: "The bird ran quickly, black dust behind its tail." Here "black dust" is a clear consequence of the engine running on mercury!
About the efficiency and reality of the operation of a mercury engine, one can quote the words of the Soviet researcher L. Zaslavsky: “The simplest engine that creates jet thrust is an evaporative type engine. Any vessel in which a liquid boils and which has a hole for its vapors to escape creates a thrust … Mercury as a working fluid has undeniable advantages over water - a high density, that is, with the same mass of mercury and water, the tanks for mercury should be almost fourteen times smaller … The heat of vaporization of mercury is about seven times less than that of water, and, therefore, the required fuel supply decreases by the same amount. Finally, the saturation vapor pressure of mercury in the temperature range of 360-600 ° C varies from 2 to 25 bar, and the vapor pressure of saturation of water reaches 170 bar even at 350 ° C. That is,the condition for maintaining the required temperature for mercury is less critical than for water. Not only that, with a sufficiently strong vessel, there is no need to control the pressure, but manual control of the engine modes becomes possible due to a rather coarse "adjustment" of the heater, since errors will not lead to a sharp change in thrust."
Thus, such a setup can work. And, as we can see in a real example, it worked! Back in the 18th century.
Unfortunately, we know absolutely nothing about the further fate of the invention of the Italian monk. Apparently, she suffered the fate of Heron's steam engine, ahead of its time, and therefore simply not used in modern times …