Rotary Propulsion Engine System

A propulsion system comprising:

• a. a power supply;
• b. a counterrotating disc assembly consisting of two axially and rotatably connected discs, each disc consisting of;
• i. one or more reaction masses;
• ii. one or more mass driver assemblies, each of the said one or more mass driver assemblies positioned diametral across each of the said axially and rotatably connected counterrotating discs, said one or more mass driver assemblies configured to fire the said one or more reaction masses into a rotational environment, the recoil force from the firing of the at least two said reaction masses from the one or more reaction mass drivers as a propulsive force for a craft;
• iii. one or more pathways for the said one or more reaction masses;
• c. a drive mechanism used to rotate the said counterrotating disc assembly;
• d. an axle assembly which rotatably connects the said counterrotating disc assembly;
• and
• e. a guidance system for calculating the dynamic properties of the reaction masses and counterrotating disc assembly, said guidance system means consisting of a computer with memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the guidance system cause the propulsion system to
• i. calculate a desired travel vector;
• ii. position the counterrotating disc assembly in the direction of the desired craft travel vector with the one or more mass driver assemblies of the counterrotating disc assembly aligned in such a manner where the said mass driver assemblies and pathways are parallel in relation to each other;
• iii. monitor the dynamic properties of the components of the propulsion system;
• iv. load reaction masses into the breeches of corresponding pairs of reaction mass drivers in each of the two axially and rotatably connected discs of the said counterrotating disc assembly;
• v. fire the corresponding pairs of reaction mass drivers using the recoil force from the said corresponding pairs of reaction mass drivers as a propulsive force;
• vi. commence rotation of the counterrotating disc assembly, introducing each of the two reaction masses fired from corresponding pairs of reaction mass drivers into a controlled, rotational environment, with one disc of the counterrotating disc assembly rotating in one direction and the other disc of the counterrotating disc assembly rotating in the opposite direction;
• vii. use the outbound rotational forces of the counterrotating disc assembly to slow the reaction masses;
• viii. return the reaction masses to the breeches of the reaction mass drivers;
• and
• ix. repeat the method until desired velocity vector is achieved.

A method of propelling a craft using a rotary propulsion engine system consisting of a power supply;

• at least two reaction masses;
• at least two reaction mass driver assemblies, each of the said at least two mass driver assemblies configured to fire one of the at least two said reaction masses into a rotational environment and utilize the recoil force from the firing of the at least two said reaction masses from the at least two reaction mass drivers as a propulsive force for a craft;
• at least two travel pathways for the said reaction masses;
• a counterrotating disc assembly including two axially and rotatably connected counterrotating discs, each disc housing an equal number of the at least two said reaction mass drivers and travel pathways;
• a drive mechanism means to rotate the two said counterrotating discs;
• an axle assembly which rotatably connects the said counterrotating disc assembly;
• and guidance system means for calculating the dynamic properties of the reaction masses and counterrotating disc assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
• a. calculating a desired vector;
• b. positioning the counterrotating disc assembly in the direction of the desired travel vector with the one or more mass driver assemblies of the counterrotating disc assembly aligned in such a manner where the said mass driver assemblies and pathways are parallel in relation to each other;
• c. monitoring the dynamic properties of the components of said rotary propulsion engine system;
• d. loading reaction masses into the breeches of corresponding pairs of reaction mass drivers in each of the two axially and rotatably connected discs of the said counterrotating disc assembly;
• e. firing the two said mass drivers, using the recoil as a propulsive force;
• f. introducing each of the two said reaction masses into controlled, counterrotating rotational environments to reduce or redirect the kinetic energy of said reaction masses;
• g. rotationally returning the two said reaction masses into the breeches of said mass drivers;
• and
• h. repeating the method until desired velocity is achieved.