Experimental studies and parametric modeling of ionic flyers

This paper describes a novel indoor flyer, called the ionic flyer, that does not contain any mechanical moving parts and uses only high-voltage electrical energy to produce thrust. Experimental studies were parametrically carried out to understand the performance of the ionic flyers such as the force-to-power ratio at different input voltage. Through the experimental results, we propose a simple model to explain the physical phenomena that dictates the thrust generation mechanism for the ionic flyers.