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* '''Testing an EMDrive''' <ref>[http://www.emdrive.com/EmDriveForceMeasurement.pdf Measuring Thrust of an EmDrive]</ref>
 
* '''Testing an EMDrive''' <ref>[http://www.emdrive.com/EmDriveForceMeasurement.pdf Measuring Thrust of an EmDrive]</ref>
 
Shawyer's "Testing an EMDrive" is a very confused and confusing document.
 
 
  
 
Shawyer ''claims'' to have successfully measured EMDrive thrust by:
 
Shawyer ''claims'' to have successfully measured EMDrive thrust by:

Revision as of 07:21, 22 June 2015

  • TheTraveller's Excel based EMDrive design tool, developed in cooperation with Roger Shawyer. [1]

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  • Testing an EMDrive [2]

Shawyer claims to have successfully measured EMDrive thrust by:

1) Using a scale directly under or offset to one side of the EMDrive.

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2) Using an overhead spring to offset some of the EMDrive weight on a scale under the EmDrive.

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3) Using a knife edge Teeter Totter Balance Beam.

ShawyerBalanceBeam.jpg


4) Using a rotary air bearing setup to directly measure acceleration and deceleration.

ShawyerRotaryTestRig.jpg

None of Shawyer's publications have been ever published in peer-reviewed journals.

References