Engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 19:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Engineers have built and flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of propellers or turbines, the light aircraft is powered by an 'ionic wind' -- a silent but mighty flow of ions that is produced aboard the plane, and that generates enough thrust to propel the plane over a sustained, steady flight.