Ionic Wind Gen

I have always loved space, and I have always loved high voltage. Why not combine the two, ioinc wind thursters are the basis for new space travel which is why I decided to make a mini version of my own.

WARNING

I am not a professional yet I take extreme caution whenever I do and I admit to my mistakes, I was burning electrical tape making PVC which is lethal. Please research everything you can before attempting what I do.

GOALS

• Power: I want it to be able to blow itself along with a small ship or zeplin to show that it can truly generate power.
• Easy: I want this to be able to be relativly simple to make and or desgin.
• Modular: I want to be able to potentially add on from my desgin to create an even better ioinc wind generator.

Components

• 3-9volt power supply: You can use which every you will just have to change the spacing between the negative prong and positive one to minimize arcing and maximize chorona discharge.
• Transformer: You need a lot of voltage for this project, making a transformer necessary, I will link mine here.
• 3d printer: I use 3d prints to house my components.
• Graphite Paint: I use graphite paint to make my things conductive, I recommend you electroplate with copper. I just dont have the ability to.
• Wire Cutters: Please cut each wire to your prefered length, this will save you much headache.

Versions

• V1: V1 was by far the worst out of everything, I thought I could loosley make this without much thought, yet I was severly humbled and was instantly forced to make a new position. It was made out of cut cardboard, aluminum foil, and electrical tape, and prayers.
  • This is what my V1 looked like, and let me tell you it did not work at all.

• V2: V2 was a bit more refined, using range bits from home depot, electrical tape to hold the transformer wires to the components--WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT DO--and I cut loose triangles that would act as the distribution part.
  • This is what the V2 looked like. Again, I can not stress enough the importance of not using electrical tape to hold the positive and negative connections to their respective conductors.

• V3: V3 is my best version, I used a 3d printer along with graphite paint to connect the two and make the two components conductive. I am going to be building apon this with new ideas of more voltage and a more jet engine casing for better performance.
  • This is my final version which looks like this. If you are to recreate or learn anything from this project please take this as your starting point.
  • The 3d print files can be found here.

• V4?: I have an idea to truly beef this project up and use a modular voltage source to allow for greater voltage and potentially greater air flow. This is something that I have only done conceptual work and is still something that is in progress. That being said the files of my idea can be found here.