OPEN SCHEMATIC ↗
FLOW STAGE 08 / CONCEPT DRAWING
Photon exhaust plume and nozzle array
A broad operational view of the aft nozzle, flow-conditioning rings and diverging directed exhaust.
Study components and limitations →Photon exhaust collimator — cutaway
A close-up of the aft structure designed to turn energetic output into a directed momentum flux.
USER-SUPPLIED CONCEPT DRAWING · NOT VALIDATED ENGINEERING
01 / THE PRINCIPLE
What this assembly is supposed to do
Successive electromagnetic and optical rings aim to limit beam divergence while protecting nearby structure from radiation and heat. Narrower exhaust cannot manufacture thrust; the momentum carried by emitted radiation remains constrained by conservation laws.
02 / CONNECTIONS AND BOUNDARIESHow it fits the engine
A source report instead calls 200 m an exit diameter. Its magnetic ratio implies ~1.45° in one example rather than the claimed 0.08°. Neither figure is independently validated.
OPEN VALIDATION QUESTION
Can a self-consistent power-to-momentum relation and field design bound beam divergence and nozzle heating?
NEXT / CONNECTED HARDWARE
See the eight stages ↗Trace the interfaces.
OPEN SCHEMATIC ↗
OPEN SCHEMATIC ↗
FLOW STAGE 07 / CONCEPT DRAWING
RF electromagnetic cyclotron conversion core
The envisioned reactor adds energy to stored substrate and prepares a high-momentum output stream for the nozzle.
Study components and limitations →
OPEN SCHEMATIC ↗
SUPPORT / CONCEPT DRAWING
Attitude control and vibration isolation
A proposed pointing and stabilization infrastructure keeping the collector, beam receiver and exhaust coaxial.
Study components and limitations →THE JOURNEY STARTS WITH A QUESTION
Launch the simulator ↗Ready to see the flow?
Enter the interactive lab and explore the eight proposed stages.