{"id":975,"date":"2018-12-09T20:55:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamedazman.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2021-08-09T19:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:50:38","slug":"mit-researchers-create-plane-that-flies-without-any-moving-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/blog\/recent-developments\/mit-researchers-create-plane-that-flies-without-any-moving-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT researchers create plane that flies without any moving parts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers at MIT have developed a plane capable of flying without any moving parts, reports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/612451\/an-electric-plane-with-no-moving-parts-has-made-its-first-flight\/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_medium=tr_social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>MIT Technology Review<\/em><\/a>. The feat was achieved using electroaerodynamic propulsion, which uses a pair of electrodes to push around ions and create ionic wind. The phenomenon has been known about since the 1960s (in fact, Apple even considered using it to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/12\/11\/06\/apples-ionic-wind-generator-may-one-day-replace-mechanical-computer-fans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cool its laptops<\/a>&nbsp;back in 2012), but this is the first time it\u2019s been used to propel a plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ionic_flight.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, this \u2018plane\u2019 is an uncrewed model weighing just 2.45 kilograms. Scaling it up to the size of commercial aircraft would give it numerous safety, noise levels, maintenance, and environmental benefits over traditional planes, but doing so comes with enormous challenges. For one, the battery required to supply the necessary 40,000 volts the propulsion system requires would be massive, creating&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/8\/14\/17686706\/electric-airplane-flying-car-battery-weight-green-energy-travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">huge weight challenges<\/a>&nbsp;that the design would need to overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of entirely powering a passenger plane, the researchers speculate that the technology could be used to power smaller drones. Alternatively, one of the researchers theorizes that it could be used in combination with traditional plane engines to make the overall craft more fuel efficient by reenergizing the air that passes over the aircraft and eliminating drag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: The Verge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at MIT have developed a plane capable of flying without any moving parts, reports&nbsp;MIT Technology Review. The feat was achieved using electroaerodynamic propulsion, which uses a pair of electrodes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aufenbach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}