AkradantousAdoxastous (United Kingdom) Electric Dirigible So using a simple spark plug, or any electrostatic generator capable of ionising the air, to ionise the air within a normal balloon will cause it to rise. Hopefully should be easy to test this theory, and if it works it can easily be scaled up to blimps. Why is this better than a normal dirigible? Because helium is rare, expensive and it leaks. Reward: This idea is free to use, if it works. |