1lb lift-force anti-gravity from ordinary charged capacitor!

[xee2]

BTW xee, I never put the capacitor in this position as you showed as this  resulted in zero lift in the 2004 paper but who knows what maye work

Where does it say this? You have read this much more carefully than me, but figure 13 seems to indicate that the weight change is a function of the energy stored in the capacitor. So I am assuming that the type of capacitor is unimportant as long as the energy is stored between the positive and negative parallel plates. The ceramic capacitor are parallel plates, just a lot of them stacked together.

[tim123]

I have some 10v 0.22F caps. I charged one to 9v - which is 8.9J. I observed no weight change.
http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-charge-calculator.php

I think the electric field has to be free to interact with the environment - rather than being encased in a metal shield... In fact - that's what Buehler found, eh...

[tim123]

This guy has done loads of good tests:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1dKp8QopU

[tim123]

I did some work on my HV transformer today - it's not bad, but it illustrates what I was saying about higher voltage needed for this type of research...

My Wimshurst - at full pelt - will make 50mm sparks - i.e. 50-100Kv. The HVT - at 60w input - makes 25mm sparks (but much brighter & fatter) (i.e. 25-50Kv)

But - to get a decent amount of lift needs 100Kv+. Which is why I was suggesting triboelectric stuff...

I wonder, if an electret could be charged enough - could it be made to weigh nothing?

[xee2]

It appears that his results were due to ionizing air, similar to lifters. Thus weight change was not a result of energy stored in the capacitor (an erroneous conclusion).


from page 6 of report:
"Constant voltage was applied to the capacitors during measurements."
"the surrounding air becomes conductive through ionization"