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Old 27th Nov 2018, 06:04
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A Solid-State Aircraft Model that flies - no moving parts!

Not sure how well this would scale to move 400+ passengers and several dozen tons of freight, but it's a start. Most of the expensive bits that go wrong are the things that move very quickly around an axis. This model eliminates all that rotating stuff.
Ion drive meets drone, as small plane flies with no moving parts - Ars Technica
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