09 June 2008

Building your own UFO

Today we want to show you how easy is to build an "artifact" that will astonish a lot of people. It's called the "Lifter", an ingenious object able to fly on its own, without the help of motors, turbines or propellers. No need for fuel either! The basic materials you will need to build your own Lifter are: wood, copper wire, aluminum, glue and an old computer screen. The screen's function is very simple, we'll get 28.000 volts out of a coil inside of it, which will power our flying artifact. The Lifter can elevate itself a few meters above the ground and lift one and a half times its own weight without emitting any more sounds than a "whistle" and kind of a "bang!", due to the electric waves produced by the high tension this device is powered by.

Explanation:

The Lifter can be considered an asymmetric condenser powered by a high tension. One of the shields this condenser would have, is the copper wire located on the top of this artifact and the other would be the aluminum, located on the bottom. Due to the potential difference between these two, the Lifter is able to ionize some air molecules, and push them downwards, having them crash against other molecules and therefore pushing the artifact upwards. That's how you beat gravitation.

So you wanna build your own Lifter? We're now gonna show you some videos with the Lifter in action and also a few links with easy instructions on how to build one by yourself.

Warning: This is not fake, the artifact works for real. Be aware of its high tension (28KV). Be careful... and enjoy Science!









Links of interest:

How to build your own Lifter
How to build a different version of the Lifter
How to build the source of electricity (FR)
Different kinds of Lifters, found all around the world
Website by Naudín. The Lifter's creator.

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