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Nasa technologies for the propellerless drone
Aircraft with two electrode wings developed by US company
![A Silent Ventus ion-powered drone.](https://avionews.it/resources/big/2487d9e50900fc3a35d3338fbb652966.webp.webp)
Technologies developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) based on studies concerning electrostatic and electromagnetic forces have inspired an American start-up company to develop an ion-powered drone called "Silent Ventus". It is a remotely piloted aircraft without propellers, but which flies thanks to two grids of electrodes that exert opposite voltages strong enough to...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency