HavocXphere
Honorary Master
I'm not exactly holding my breath....but this would be amazing if it does work.
What's more, Shawyer says, NPU is "currently manufacturing" a "thruster" based on this theoretical work.
The NPU have confirmed that they have reproduced the theoretical work, and are building a demosntration version of the Emdrive.
The thrust produced is small, but significant. Shawyer compares a C-Band Emdrive with the existing NSTAR ion thruster used by NASA. The Emdrive produces 85 mN of thrust compared to 92 for the NSTAR (that's about one-third of an ounce), but the Emdrive only consumes a quarter of the amount of power and weighs less than 7 kilos, compared to over 30 kilos. The biggest difference is in propellant: NSTAR uses 10 grams per hour; the Emdrive uses none. As long as it has an electricity supply, the Emdrive will keep going.