Ionic Wind: The Future Of Air Travel

Overview

My Question was, do Different shapes of ion engines affect the amount of force they create? I took a common design off the internet, and I designed a few of my own to test against each other using an air speed monitor to see which shape would make the most force. The triangle, circle, how sharp and round it is and a large one that could be scaled for real-world use. I found that the one that made the most force was the circle with a sharp positive and a round negative worked the best. I also found that most of the other designs didn't make any force or enough force to move the fan on my wind speed tester. My results are promising because I created faster air than other attempts, and electricity is much cheaper than jet fuel, so this could decrease the cost of air travel.

Awards (1)

• Selected for CWSF 2026

Competition history

• CWSF 2026 Aerospace

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