Hi Weston,
I have talked a lot about the power electronics for the craft in the patent and under the 2 dozen or so public videos that I've posted online. In the patent, the power supply is described in sufficient detail for an expert to replicate the device. There is also a 40 minute or so interview where I explain many of the specific details.
In several of the comments under my videos I also give some further part numbers beyond what is in the patent. So far my invention has lifted its power supply vertically for at least 1 minute and 51 seconds continuously in 2017. A video of that flight was posted then. I think the MIT craft flew for less than about 10 seconds horizontally in 2018. Please take note of the improvement in thrust to weight ratio and efficiency that the earlier craft provides. The first vertical hop of a previous version of the craft carrying an onboard power supply, was done under a postal scale in 2006.
I would have hoped that your group should have been able to discern that the physics of my craft do work out, and should have been aware of the widely published patent application that was on Google Images etc., several years before the V2 flight. Typing ion, aircraft, and onboard power, or anything of that nature into Google should have brought up my patent application or patent and information within minutes at the most. It would be nice to consider it water under the bridge however, there are still articles popping up that say your glider was the first ion propelled aircraft of any kind to carry its power supply. Anyone who really cares about this subject and reads about it daily will discover that it is an indisputable fact that my craft does lift its power supply.
I did not write the current Wikipedia article. They would not allow me to post because I am the inventor, and I had to wait for them to carefully verify that my invention lifts its power supply. I did not write that MIT made the first "fixed wing" craft either, as it should be obvious that most ion propelled crafts are fixed wing. MIT did make the first traditionally shaped glider to fly across a gym, but I think the PR department should stop playing with words and look into the facts on the matter cleanly and accurately.
I have been doing this full time for 21 years now and have left plenty of information on the subject for anyone who is interested. The host of NPR, Jeff Saint Clair wrote a nice article and radio program certifying that it lifts its power supply, onboard. There is also a video as well, of him watching it fly in person, on my YouTube channel. There are many other top officials also who's contact information is provided on the website.
The types of witnesses that I have on my side, have left indisputable verification. Physics more importantly, can be pretty well relied upon even more so. As an example, if you look at the human powered helicopter, it has a large surface area and so can lift a lot of weight with very little relative power. That is just one principal, a large surface area with low weight, that makes a big difference in my machine. Using slower moving air is exponentially better, carefully implemented lower current small and lightweight power supplies, and at least an order of magnitude thinner emitter wires, are some more things that work surprisingly well. All of this can be found and linked to through the Ethan Krauss YouTube Channel, or
http://electronairllc.org I hope the future will hold a little brighter potential!