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Welcome to Electron Air LLC
AEROSPACE COMPANY
Welcome to Electron Air LLC
AEROSPACE COMPANY
About Us
Our invention is the first solely ion propelled aircraft in history, that can both take off, and fly with its power supply onboard. See US patent numbers 10,119,527 and 11,161,631.
The patents specifically cover ion propelled flying machines that carry their power supplies, as of 08/07/2014. This device is orders of magnitude more efficient and powerful than anything like it for its weight.
I will explain further how it works in the following pages, including showing IR, UV images, and movies.
Upcoming Events
While many steering and stabilization control systems for this invention have been built and tested in the past, this is the first time that an agile and low power loss version has been fully designed and is currently being implemented.
Peer Reviewed Articles, News Programs, and Official Observers
Among the many presentations throughout the years, the inventor has demonstrated this device in flight with an onboard power supply to almost all of the following corporations and individual observers:
- An interesting Peer Reviewed Journal of Nature Article by Drs. Chirita and Ieta, that sites our machine in the introduction: Toroidal counter electrode for ionic propulsion | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
- Jeff St. Clair, Host Of NPR, WKSU Radio, Watched the craft fly with onboard power and produced an excellent 5-minuteradio program here: https://www.wksu.org/post/exploradio-oberlin-inventor-pushes-limits-ion-powered-flight#stream
- Michael McKittrick, Business Consultant, observed the craft flying from a glass table recently.
- GLIDE (Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise) in Ohio, which is an incubation hub for entrepreneurs. It was demonstrated at their facility twice. Once lifting off from their hallway floor under the supervision of Russell Donda EIR:
http://www.glideit.org/about-us/staff/russell-donda
- Eric Bobinsky, President at Aquant Group, Sr. Prin. SME, Commercial Space & Satellite Communications (NASA HQ) and affiliate of OAI, was present during one of the demonstrations at GLIDE:
https://contactout.com/Eric-Bobinsky-3756450
- Dr. Michael E. Krauss, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, at UAF, observed it flying, with onboard power, and operated the remote control.
- Sadly, my Dad, Dr. Michael E. Krauss is no longer on the list, he recently passed away on 10/11/2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Krauss
- Elena Loskova, Concert/Collaborative Pianist, Oberlin College & Conservatory, participated in the development of the project throughout the years and watched it fly with onboard power.
https://www.oberlin.edu/elena-loskova
- Dan Ninedorf at Specialized Cameras Company (Corona, UV, etc), UVIrCO Tecnologies, provided UV video footage of a flight in 2013 with onboard power.
- Richard Krauss, Prinicipal Architect, a founder of Arrowstreet and its non-profit affiliate, the Environmental Design Group Inc., Boston, MA, observed several different versions of the craft in flight.
https://www.arrowstreet.com/people/#rkrauss
- Isaac Krauss, Professor of Chemistry at Brandeis University provided useful research information:
https://www.brandeis.edu/chemistry/faculty/krauss.html
- Collin McEwen, Public Relations/ Reporter at CWRU observed it in operation with onboard power during an interview:
https://thedaily.case.edu/future-now-local-inventor/
- Larger audience demonstrations are planned for the near future, as adjustments to the improved steering system are completed.
NEW:
Highlights from the lecture by Dr. Jason Knight at the Royal Aeronautical Society:
Ionic Propulsion 8 Dec 2020 v2 - Google Docs
https://www.solent-raes.org.uk/previous-lectures
Dr. Jason Knight:
https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/jason-knight
Provisional Patent Link
https://1drv.ms/w/s!AhIx6AANl-djkH5pdmRY7YSfQHWa
Self Contained Ion Powered Aircraft Patent
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10119527B2/en?oq=10119527
Ion Propelled Vehicle Patent
US11161631B2 - Ion propelled vehicle - Google Patents
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionocraft
Stardust Startup Factory
Latest, WKSU News Story
Exploradio: An Oberlin Inventor Pushes the Limits of Ion-Powered Flight | WOSU Radio
Cleveland Magazine News Article
Case Western Reserve University Daily News
https://thedaily.case.edu/future-now-local-inventor/
Channel 5 News
Oberlin News-Tribune
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwSnOT_4IassdXRJMW9kcnA1WUJXUXhrSnN4RWlWSkZZVmRV/view?usp=sharing
Other Sites
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-future-flight.html
https://www.newswise.com/articles/future-of-flight-is-now#!
In depth Interview with Bradley Whistance 05/30/20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PPF6K81o8&feature=youtu.be
Videos of the Self Contained Ion Powered Aircraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdg0_hjuksQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSr_1sRjTUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kodOq9RSSZQdT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB9bkSRDfW8
Story about the Wrights
People didn't believe it, even though they were flying daily
Grant News and Exciting Investment Opportunity for those Interested
We received a micro grant from the Stardust Startup factory in 2017 and have not forgotten them. If anyone else would like to invest, we will repay people according to how soon they invested and how well we do. It is possible there will be a large return, though it is not guaranteed. We are doing this for the good before money. We do however see the largest money making potential as a possibility.
News
Due to recent events in the news, we have been compelled to show early videos of our technology. Our invention is the only one in history that can take off and fly solely propelled by ions, carrying the power supply. It predates any other attempts, including MIT’s recent highly publicized effort at ionic flight. Theirs required a bungee cord and large wings, because they could not generate the necessary power to weight ratio without assistance.
A major recent discovery is that our device is already operating at a ballpark figure of 14 grams per watt of lift (more efficiently than quad-copters), not including electrical system losses. The electrical system produces a sufficient current, and a lot of voltage for its weight, however, the efficiency of it can be increased significantly. Since we have the necessary data on how to accomplish this, we are very close to achieving this goal.
Thermal Image of Self Contained Ion Powered Aircraft, Top of the Power Supply with heatsinks and batteries.
Ir Pic of Power supply.
5 Meter Japanese Craft 2003
The Japanese generated a lot of thrust with their external power supply.
2013 Craft Flying, UV Video
UV image taken from a video of the Self Contained Ion Powered Aircraft flying in 2013. aerospace engineering Ethan Krauss Aerospace Company