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Originally Posted by KickAssClown
Could someone explain in plain english how this thing works? I have a ok idea, but I want to hear some other angles on it...
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The engine apparantly works because the round side at one end of the truncated cone is larger than the round side at the other end. Therefore the radiation pressure on it will be larger.
The author totally ignores the "other" side: the conical cylinder that connects the top and bottom ends. If you calculate just that portion of the conical cylinder that is in the same plane as the two ends, I'm sure you will find that the area on top is equal to the area on bottom.
Perhaps he should call it, the "Null Drive" -- because it has no net force at all.
