decomposition chamber. This resulted in a 600 to 700 degree gas
composed of steam and oxygen, under natural pressure sufficient
to drive a turbine. After the gas had done its work if was fed
into a reclamation chamber which recycled at least part of the
gas back into the engine. Additional fuel, Juergen-Ratthofer
mentions methanol, could be fed into the system for more heat.
The system without additional fuel is called the "cold" system
while with added fuel it is called the "hot" system. In fact,
the cold system was used on the V-2 rocket to drive the turbofuel pumps since known pumps could not handle the volume of
liquid necessary to feed this new type of rocket.
In the hybrid saucer Mr. Juergen-Ratthofer describes, the cold
system drives a rotor-stator arrangement which doubles as a blade
lifting wing similar to that of a helicopter. The rotor-statorblade is internally housed in the cowling of the saucer. The
output of the rotor-stator is a strong magnetic field which
presumably frees the saucer of the constraints of gravity as
claimed for the other field propulsion saucers (30).
In
addition, spaces within the saucer have all air removed by
special vacuum pumps with increase the buoyancy of the craft
within the atmosphere. Further, some of the hot oxygen-steam
mixture is jetted out at the periphery of the saucer while being
mixed with methanal for additional heat and therefore thrust.
Again, we are reminded of Dr. Belluzzo. We are also reminded of
Vesco since he hints at a similar engine (31) which he even
vaguely links with "electromagnetic waves" (32). Have we come
full-circle?
In the same vane, would be negligent not to mention that an
atomic engine might easily be substituted for the Walter engine.
The atomic engine might be one of three types. It might be the
t y p e which burned the atmosphere itself. This burning would
produce hot air and steam from the water contained in the
atmosphere.
It might be one which produced steam using water
carried in tanks. It might be one which super-heats and ejects a
gas such as hydrogen or helium. Any of these mediums could be
ejected through the rotor blades yielding the desired result. A
device of this type would tie together many of the German
saucers-plans so far discussed.
Dr. Freeman points out that Marconi "stole" Tesla's inventions.
Tesla also built a power-plant of spherical construction which
contained vacuum tubes and so may have been superior to the
device of Schappeller which we shall look at next. Surprisingly,
some detail exists about this Tesla free energy device (33).
Tesla used his engine to successfully power a Pierce Arrow
automobile. This means that a spherical, working field
propulsion device existed in the USA powering, not a flying
saucer but an automobile. Dr. Freeman warns not to be confused
by many spherical devices, all of which seem different. The fact
is that they all work on the same principles (34).
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