[NewCandle] Schlicher patent

[Nick Reiter]

Hi Kyle, John, and all,

Thanks for the patent number, John.  It does look
familiar now, but I hadn't read the text before I
confess.

Two comments really - the asymmetrical drive pulse was
something worked with maybe around 1999 ish by Satvros
Dmitriou, and I know JLN had some of Stavros' stuff on
his page for a long time.  I wrote to Stavros way
back, but never got much back in the way of helpful
hints for replication.  He seems to have vanished from
the scene.  Still, back in the day and even now, I
thought it was a wicked novel idea, and had hoped
someone else would work with it.  He claimed to have
gotten some milligram to tens of mg forces I believe. 
However if the patent by Schlicher et al dates to
application in 1991, then my guess is that Stavros may
have been looking at that part of the patent art.

Second question/comment... what sort of results was
John Schnurer claiming, and how was HE driving the
antenna model?  Can't he loan you the driver circuit
or tell you what it is that he used?

And of course pictures iz always good!  Keith can let
you know the best way to put them up here, or do you
have a page of your own where we may peep at them?

N


> I'm the rat that jumped the Vortex ship. Keith, I
> remember you inviting 
> me to this list some months back, but as things go
> (especially when 
> you've got a wife), I never got around to it. But,
> at John Steck's 
> suggestion, I dug out my old emails and found the
> list again. So, here I 
> be. So how do you all do?
> 
> Fair warning: I do some strange experiments. I
> haven't said much about 
> them on Vortex, and from the archives, I know many
> of you come from 
> there. But, maybe with a list a bit more relaxed and
> 'homey' as this one 
> seems, I'll have some stuff to say from time to
> time.
> 
> Uh...lets see where to start. Anyone familiar with
> Rex Schlicher's 
> "NEMPS" thruster? Supposed to give reactionless
> thrust with proper 
> applied current. The late John Schnurer, a great
> friend of mine, swore 
> that it works. Maybe we ought to see if it does? Not
> sure exactly how to 
> power it, though. Any suggestions?
> 
> If you're thinking that building one is going to be
> a problem, fear not. 
>   If I look straight upward, right NOW, at the
> ceiling over my 
> head...yeah, that's about where the damn thing is
> at. In my attic. Put 
> less ridiculously, I have a NEMPS thruster, built by
> John when he worked 
> at Wright-Patterson AFB, under the instructions of
> Schlicher. This is 
> the one he says works. All made of copper. It's
> kinda pretty. Anyone 
> want to see some pictures?
> 
> Dig out the patent. It's a fun read.
> 
> --Kyle



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