Maybe a real Enterprise

[SPEKTRE76]

Just an idea I had today. I'm not an engineer and I expect flaming. Does anyone think that maybe this could work?

Magnetic Counter Pole Drive

See those cheesy cones?

They are magnetic flux focus bells. If you've ever played with magnets you'll have noticed
that the larger end always tries to stick first.

See those cheesy nacelles?

That's where the 50' ft DIA x 1200' ft long electro dynamic
drive coils are. driven by eight nuclear reactors (this is only 2012 after all). Maybe by the Mars Mission in 2035 we'll have fusion or a form thereof.

The front of the saucer section also has a magnet that runs only half the circumference of the "saucer" section. Like a horseshoe pointed at the nacelles.

How I THINK it may work (hypothesis):

In a nutshell the ship is trying to chase itself. You have big f---ing drive coils creating a negative pole charge pushing
against another negative pole charge created by the flux focus bells.

Now in the front, the "horseshoe" is a positive pole charge. The negative poles bounce off each other self reinforcing
the thrust power like dropping a pebble in a pond thusly trying to bridge the gap between the nacelles and the horseshoe
pushing the ship at a high rate of speed that exponentially increases. The big end of the bells try to connect with the horseshoe.

Now I know we need some type of speed regulator or something. I can't think of a good term because I am not an engineer.

Can anyone help constructively who has actual knowledge in magnetic field propulsion theory?

Here is a crude model mad in 3DS Max 2011 x64. Think of it like a 'napkin sketch'. Yes I can actually model better but it's 4:20 am and I have to work soon.

 

[YARN]

Just an idea I had today. I'm not an engineer and I expect flaming. Does anyone think that maybe this could work?

Magnetic Counter Pole Drive

See those cheesy cones?

They are magnetic flux focus bells. If you've ever played with magnets you'll have noticed
that the larger end always tries to stick first.

See those cheesy nacelles?

That's where the 50' ft DIA x 1200' ft long electro dynamic
drive coils are. driven by eight nuclear reactors (this is only 2012 after all). Maybe by the Mars Mission in 2035 we'll have fusion or a form thereof.

The front of the saucer section also has a magnet that runs only half the circumference of the "saucer" section. Like a horseshoe pointed at the nacelles.

How I THINK it may work (hypothesis):

In a nutshell the ship is trying to chase itself. You have big f---ing drive coils creating a negative pole charge pushing
against another negative pole charge created by the flux focus bells.

Now in the front, the "horseshoe" is a positive pole charge. The negative poles bounce off each other self reinforcing
the thrust power like dropping a pebble in a pond thusly trying to bridge the gap between the nacelles and the horseshoe
pushing the ship at a high rate of speed that exponentially increases. The big end of the bells try to connect with the horseshoe.

Now I know we need some type of speed regulator or something. I can't think of a good term because I am not an engineer.

Can anyone help constructively who has actual knowledge in magnetic field propulsion theory?

Here is a crude model mad in 3DS Max 2011 x64. Think of it like a 'napkin sketch'. Yes I can actually model better but it's 4:20 am and I have to work soon.

What you describe is the magnetic equivalent of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

If the nacelles are magnetically attracted to the saucer section, the ship will simply try to squish itself. It wouldn't go anywhere.

April 1st was on Sunday . Nice troll tho...

 

[SPEKTRE76]

Just an idea I had today. I'm not an engineer and I expect flaming. Does anyone think that maybe this could work?

Magnetic Counter Pole Drive

See those cheesy cones?

They are magnetic flux focus bells. If you've ever played with magnets you'll have noticed
that the larger end always tries to stick first.

See those cheesy nacelles?

That's where the 50' ft DIA x 1200' ft long electro dynamic
drive coils are. driven by eight nuclear reactors (this is only 2012 after all). Maybe by the Mars Mission in 2035 we'll have fusion or a form thereof.

The front of the saucer section also has a magnet that runs only half the circumference of the "saucer" section. Like a horseshoe pointed at the nacelles.

How I THINK it may work (hypothesis):

In a nutshell the ship is trying to chase itself. You have big f---ing drive coils creating a negative pole charge pushing
against another negative pole charge created by the flux focus bells.

Now in the front, the "horseshoe" is a positive pole charge. The negative poles bounce off each other self reinforcing
the thrust power like dropping a pebble in a pond thusly trying to bridge the gap between the nacelles and the horseshoe
pushing the ship at a high rate of speed that exponentially increases. The big end of the bells try to connect with the horseshoe.

Now I know we need some type of speed regulator or something. I can't think of a good term because I am not an engineer.

Can anyone help constructively who has actual knowledge in magnetic field propulsion theory?

Here is a crude model mad in 3DS Max 2011 x64. Think of it like a 'napkin sketch'. Yes I can actually model better but it's 4:20 am and I have to work soon.

What you describe is the magnetic equivalent of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

If the nacelles are magnetically attracted to the saucer section, the ship will simply try to squish itself. It wouldn't go anywhere.

April 1st was on Sunday . Nice troll tho...

Troll? Yeah I see what your saying now about squishing itself.

Back to the drawing board!

 

[Shawnster]

Wouldn't this be better suited in the tech forum instead of the art forum?

 

[YARN]

Troll? Yeah I see what your saying now about squishing itself.

Back to the drawing board!

Sorry, it seemed kind of like a prank post.

 

[SPEKTRE76]

Wouldn't this be better suited in the tech forum instead of the art forum?

I was thinking of putting it in the "Fan Fiction" forum but I can't move it myself. No not a prank host, just an idea I had.

I think it could still work because space has no gravity or anything we would perceive as gravity. So, theoretically it could pull itself if the magnetic force was pulsed giving intermittent pulses to give it momentum.

 

[Kaiser]

To me its seems like a maybe good way to get from here to Luna or Mars but anything past it might take too long

 

[Finn]

Curious. What background in science do you have (I'd be more concerned about that than engineering)

 

[SPEKTRE76]

Curious. What background in science do you have (I'd be more concerned about that than engineering)

None actually other than High School. I did however take Basic and Advanced Electronics for Junior and Senior year where I kept and maintained an A+.

I just thought after observing the magnetic repelling affect that I could used in some way to move a ship through space. This way we can use the reactors as power for the magdrives. After being in the Navy for 15 years I learned that out ships have a service of almost 40 years. This way we don't have to carry rocket fuel. That's my main concern with this idea.

 

[Finn]

Your paragraph doesn't make sense.

First of all, it would still require fuel for the reactors.... lot of it for space travel. Also, what does the service length for navy ships have to do with any of this?

And try to learn more science. If there was any credence to this idea, it would have been done a long time ago.

 

[SPEKTRE76]

Your paragraph doesn't make sense.

First of all, it would still require fuel for the reactors.... lot of it for space travel. Also, what does the service length for navy ships have to do with any of this?

And try to learn more science. If there was any credence to this idea, it would have been done a long time ago.

The service was referring to how long the reactors can last. Last I checked they only need to be refueled every 20 years.

Credence, There's plenty of people trying to develop it. Just search the web. Remember I never said I was an engineer or a scientist.

My paragraph probabaly doesn't make sense because there are no pictures. Most of today's people rely on that information to compliment the text. I mean lets face it all of us on here are complete nerds and love science and have often fantasized about unique propulsion theories. And probably all of us are kinesthetic/audio/visual learners. Without imagination, nothing would ever get done. Remember when people use to think airplanes were stupid?

 

[erifah]

I'm utterly disinterested in the "science" behind this offering to the Trek BBS. *yawn*

The SHAPE and the DESIGN, on the other hand, give me a woodie.

 

[SPEKTRE76]

I'm utterly disinterested in the "science" behind this offering to the Trek BBS. *yawn*

The SHAPE and the DESIGN, on the other hand, give me a woodie.

TY , I'll be making a much more detailed model soon.