NASA GRL are investigating this concept but I would welcome your insight.
Assuming a fan diameter of around 5 metres and a rotation up to a tip speed of 340 metres per second and a power output of 45 mega watts, what are the design issues here?
The levitation is a given and easily understood but what I can't understand is, how might it be possible to generate that power from the stators around the circumference of such a motor. What design issues arise and how might they be solved?
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Assuming a fan diameter of around 5 metres and a rotation up to a tip speed of 340 metres per second and a power output of 45 mega watts, what are the design issues here?
The levitation is a given and easily understood but what I can't understand is, how might it be possible to generate that power from the stators around the circumference of such a motor. What design issues arise and how might they be solved?
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