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But you have to avoid generating nitrogen compounds... And if there's water vapor, also hydrogen to think about. But a solar powered ozone generating ion wind

But you have to avoid generating nitrogen compounds... And if there's water vapor, also hydrogen to think about. But a solar powered ozone generating ion wind propelled plane perpetually flying high up there certainly sounds cool. It could also act as a communications relay.

vanderZwan 6y ago
> But you have to avoid generating nitrogen compounds What if we reverse the polarity on the main deflector dish.. I mean emitter wire? > The effect is not directly dependent on electrical polarity, as the ions may be positively or negatively charged. Reversing the polarity of the electrodes does not alter the direction of motion, as it also reverses the polarity of the ions to match. Thrust is produced in the same direction, either way. For positive emitter polarity, nitrogen ions are the main charge carriers, while for negative polarity, oxygen ions are the main carriers and ozone production is higher.[citation needed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion-propelled_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion-propelled_aircraft (also, I just used "reverse the polarity" unironically. I can check that off my bucket list)