T-capacitor
by Alexander V. Frolov

Now experimenting with asymmetrical electric capacitors is well known as "Lifter" topic. What is the history of this research and what is most perspective direction of its development? I'll try to present my ideas on it.

Some experiments were produced in my laboratory from 1994. The idea is to get asymmetry in the vectors of the field components. For example, in classical plane capacitor the plates are in attraction but the forces are contradicted. In T-shape capacitor two electrodes are placed in the same flat.


Fig.1

Electrodes are separated by "dielectric wall" to exclude electric discharge along minimal distance way between electrodes. The electric field structure is configured here to create co-directed electrostatic forces for both electrodes.

Here is my article of 1994, published in USA and Canada  http://www.faraday.ru/pot.htm
"To discover a solution for a non-zero unilateral resultant force, all we need is to note that the force line of the potential field is always perpendicular to the charged surface and take advantage of that fact."
Also comments by Thomas E. Bearden to this my paper are quite interesting.
Some experiments in old Frolov's home laboratory, 1999
More data from Faraday Lab Ltd will be submitted soon

Small changes of weight of T-capacitor can be detected with simple balance scales. Voltage is 10 kV.

  

Rotation test in my home laboratory: Look MPEG file here

Then the research group (Jean Louis Naudin) from France
also experimentally confirmed this principle (photos below). They named this asymmetrical capacitor as "Frolov's Hat"

    The technology also presented by Transdimensional Technologies, USA

On July 6, 2001 Transdimensional Technologies, LLC will unveil the next evolutionary step in propulsion. A small prototype "lifter" will rise to the height of four feet without an engine, moving parts, conventional thrust, or propellant. Application of this technology is possible within one year, and a vehicle that is lifted and propelled by this force is possible in three years. Transdimensional Technologies, LLC is a small company started in Huntsville, Alabama in February of 2000. Physicist Jeffery Cameron is Chief Scientist and inventor of this exciting and revolutionary technology. After twenty years of research and study, Cameron conducted his first successful experiments in his
garage, moving a plastic license plate a few inches with this force. 1 1/2 years later, the lifter - built with aluminum foil, balsa wood, and wire - is flying high.

The work of Mr. Cameron has been evaluated and verified by a team of scientists contracted by NASA Langley. It is supported by mathematical analysis and modeling that is verified within experimental limits by actual demonstration. There is a pending patent.

http://www.tdimension.com/press_releases/press_release_6_25_01.html
Photo from Transdimensional Technologies, USA


Version #3 by Jean Louis Naudin
16 g + 4 g of useful load

You can see video of this experiment here

Problems and proposals for development of the technology

    This technology for commercial application is very complex due to high voltage equipment. You can try to calculate the lifting force for air asymmetrical capacitor (I made the calculations, they are not perspective). So, we need other solution. In 1995 I proposed the LIQUID DIELECTRIC version of the same asymmetrical capacitor. Now we produced simplest tests in Faraday Lab Ltd. Some weight changes were detected in experiments of  Sept. 2001 with asymmetrical capacitor (the jar and liquid oil dielectric):


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Force about 0,4 gram was detected. Voltage 10 KV was applied to the electrodes. Measurements were made with HL400EX digital scales.

But most perspective is research on SOLID STATE GRADIENTAL DIELECTRIC. The work is very complex for our small private laboratory since the problem is to get gradual changes of dielectrical permittivity in dielectrical material between two plates of flat capacitor. But we are sure in great commercial perspectives of this work and we continue the experimenting on the topic.

The calculations seems to be very good  http://www.faraday.ru/gradient.html