MIT Flies Aircraft On Ionic Wind Power
Credit: MIT
Dispensing with propellers and turbines, the first flights of an aircraft with solid-state propulsion have been conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The lightweight unmanned aircraft made 10 sustained level flights, indoors, using electroaerodynamic (EAD)...
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