Silent flight

David Jones

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6682, 217-217

Abstract: Most enzyme-catalysed reactions involve the conversion of a substrate molecule — which fits neatly into the enzyme's active site — into product. The product is usually of a different shape, and springs off the surface of the enzyme. Most of the energy of this reaction is liberated as molecular velocity in a specific direction, and Daedalus wants to apply this principle to combustion. He envisages producing aircraft coated with an appropriate catalytic substance — the products of combustion would be ejected directionally, downwards and backwards, providing lift and thrust.

Date: 1998
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