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| rdfs:comment | - A Ramscoop uses a powerful magnetic field to draw in hydrogen atoms into a holding area. It is a variant of a Bussard ramjet, which operates on the same principles as a ramscoop but instead of drawing in particles and storing them, a Bussard Ramjet accelerates the particles via an electromagnetic field and expels them from the opposite end with extreme velocity, which allows every vessel that is connected to a Bussard ramjet to travel at about 77% of the speed of light.
- The ramscoop consists of electromagnetic field generators (magnetic monopoles), which is small ships are the same as used to create the engine's magnetic field for the fusion process. The ramscoop projects a scoop field several kilometers around and ahead of the ship, which sweeps stray hydrogen atoms and gas into large intakes in the bow where it is filtered, and then stored in the fuel tank. The tanked fuel is always used for acceleration, but once at speed, the ship can rely solely on ramscoop intake, which feeds the engine simultaneously as it operates.
- The conical electromagnetic field of a fusion ramship which accumulates interstellar hydrogen fuel; also the toroids which generate such a field.
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| abstract | - A Ramscoop uses a powerful magnetic field to draw in hydrogen atoms into a holding area. It is a variant of a Bussard ramjet, which operates on the same principles as a ramscoop but instead of drawing in particles and storing them, a Bussard Ramjet accelerates the particles via an electromagnetic field and expels them from the opposite end with extreme velocity, which allows every vessel that is connected to a Bussard ramjet to travel at about 77% of the speed of light.
- The ramscoop consists of electromagnetic field generators (magnetic monopoles), which is small ships are the same as used to create the engine's magnetic field for the fusion process. The ramscoop projects a scoop field several kilometers around and ahead of the ship, which sweeps stray hydrogen atoms and gas into large intakes in the bow where it is filtered, and then stored in the fuel tank. The tanked fuel is always used for acceleration, but once at speed, the ship can rely solely on ramscoop intake, which feeds the engine simultaneously as it operates.
- The conical electromagnetic field of a fusion ramship which accumulates interstellar hydrogen fuel; also the toroids which generate such a field.
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