What materials and equipment does Michels plan to use for his anti-gravity tests?
He mentions making a 'green body' from calcium copper titanate (CCTO) and needs industrial equipment: a gas furnace reaching ~1,000°C, a 10-ton hydraulic press, plus smaller electric furnaces and high-voltage capacitor setups.
Why is Townsend (Biefeld)‑Brown important to this discussion?
Brown is a mid‑century inventor linked to Navy radar and electrohydrodynamics who claimed electrogravitic effects; his work and military connections (Wright Field, research labs) inspire present DIY and professional experiments despite controversy.
What technical obstacles are highlighted for DIY electrogravitics?
Key issues include uncontrolled electrical arcing at tens of kilovolts, inadequate prior parameter sweeps across dielectrics/plate masses/waveforms, and safety/industrial fabrication constraints for repeatable tests.
Do any modern scientists support these anomalous results?
The summary cites Charles Beller, an electrostatics lead at NASA, who says some experiments—notably those conducted in vacuum—produce effects current physics can't fully explain, suggesting more study is needed.
How reproducible are past Biefeld‑Brown style experiments?
Michels argues past research is not exhaustive: many papers test only isolated voltages or configurations. He believes a systematic battery of tests across dielectrics, plate geometries, AC/DC types and pulse shapes is still missing.