How does a magship work?

Question

I am currently tasked to do a model of a magship. One concept that i can't grasp is, what does the force produced act on and in which direction?

Any explanations will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Okay, magnetism and gravity are distinct forces, so no wormholes are going to form.
You say a "magship" - if you mean for surface or sub-surface travel, the media is water which can be affected by powerful magnetic fields. Check out Tom Clancy's "Hunt for Red October" - the story about the big Soviet sub that used superconducting magnets along its length to move without the "cavitation" noise of a propeller.
Now, if you mean a "space ship," you are correct, the magnetism would have to be used ON something to create thrust. So you could carry a cargo of rocks, or gasses, or ice (that would give you water and breathing gases!) and fling them out the back using a magnetic railgun. That would give you lots of thrust, and you could probably refuel at an ice moon or asteroid or even a comet, if you could find one.
Bottom line, here, your design will be governed more by the requirements of keeping the crew alive than by the powerplant. In a sub, you will need to be shaped pretty much like subs are shaped now ... a blunt-nosed tube with steering fins. In a spaceship, you can shape it however you like, provided your structure is able to withstand the thrust of your powerplant ... so you could make it a ball, or a tinker-toy puzzle like the International Space Station, or a tube (if you like that), or a cube if you wanna go all Borg ... take your pick.
I hope this helped, and thanks for the good question ... it helped me stretch my imagination a little this morning!

Answer 2

The principle is the Lorentz force. Current J passing through a conductor (like salt water) in a direction perpendicular to a superposed magnetic field B (from an onboard magnet) will exert a force on the conductor in the direction perpendicular to both J and B. That accelates the conductor in the direction opposite to the direction of motion of the boat, just like a propeller would.

Answer 3

Well you have the magnetic coils which exert a general sucking motion on the earth, this inturn bends the space time continum and creates an anomonally known as a 'wormhole' this then relases vast amount of anti-gravity which forces the ship outside of the universe and the momentum that it had causes it to travel into an parallel universe which inturn makes it move.