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The Wing Development
The ANGEL Wing Planform


Outlined above is a diagram of the basic wing planform which is to be used on the ANGEL craft.



This is a fairly simple flying wing at first glance, with a gentle swept-back profile. The wings are great in span compared to their width, facilitating greater lift.

In essence, the wing utilises the Biefeld-Brown effect to fly, and this will be coupled with secondary Advanced Propulsion systems onboard ANGEL to create the final craft. In tests, the electrogravitic lift obtained from the craft was proportional to the size of the wings, and interestingly, THE MATERIAL THEY WERE MADE OF. This fulfills the criterion which Brown specified, saying that:

"The thrust of the capacitor will be dependant on and proportional to the material comstituting the dielectric"

Therefore, I have chosen to run tests on a new type of special wing, containing a super-high dielectric material, Polysulphide sealant, which has a dielectric constant of 2260. This wing is very heavy as well, a beneficial side effect since as well as having a high K, a heavy dielectric will enhance the electrogravitic effect even further. The diagram for this special type of wing profile is below.


As you may see, the design is only fairly simple, and this design was never intended to fly as such, but was more to test the practicalities of a wing filled with a massive-K material.

The Set-up......

The heavy dielctric wing was suspended between two pylons so that it could sing freely in response to any movements generated. There is no exposed metal on the wing, except the front wire, a miniscule area. The wing shell is made of plastic. There was a wire sonnected through the shell of the wing onto the foil inside, and another one soldered to the leading wing wire.

A potential of 175 Kilovolts was applied (approximately 100uA current) with the wing body and the leading edge as negative.

The Results........

What follows in terms of results is nothing short of a quantum leap for the project. The potential was applied and almost instantly the results were visible. Normally, there is a great deal of hissing due to ionisation from these type of devices, but here there was none.

Within 1/3 of a second of the power being activated, the wing array took a huge leap forward, straining hard on the wires. It is hard to estimate the precise amount of thrust, but it is much, MUCH greater than is typically encountered on any previous electrogravitic devices. Once the potential was removed, the wing moved gently back to the starting postion, indicating a very high capacitance in the device. The thrust exhibited by the device when the main body was positive was about 1/4 that which was encountered in the other configuration.

Update: 28/6/2000

In recent days, I have virtually finished the physical structure of the ANGEL craft, and will shortly be getting to work on the electrics and avionics. I thought it would be beneficial here to display what the wing structure is in side profile. IMPORTANT NOTE: After consideration, I have decided that the testing of ANGEL will commence in a number of stages:

  • Testing the airframe's gliding abilities, with no equipment onboard.


  • Electronics installed, nonpropulsive testing of the wing and SAINT Jets while on the ground - thrust measurements.


  • Electronics installed, gliding test to verify that the airframe can withstand the weight and drag requirements.


  • Full airborne propulsive test with Wing, GWS, Plasma Jets and avionics.


    • A cut-away diagram of the wing is here below:



    A new approach I have thought about is to have two leading wires, one to primarily catch the "airborne" electric field from the outer metal sheeting on the wing, and the other buried in the polysulphide to take advantage of the thrust from that. Each of the testing stages will demand greater and greater technical solutions, as doubtless, unforseen problems will emerge as time progresses. The main priority at the moment is getting the ANGEL airframe tested as a glider. I envisage that this data will be ready and posted on this site within three weeks of this date.

    This work is ongoing, and I will endeavour to bring you new data as soon as I have it.