LaFonte Research Group New Pseudo Solid Rotor Video on Youtube

[Magluvin]

My last post wasnt meant to be cocky, I was asking because of this quote from lumen

"Rotating so the disks are at the poles, the disks will expand and push apart for the energy stroke."

By that I assumed you meant, it happens, expands, when the disks reach the poles. ;]

No that would be great.

Mags

[Omnibus]

Yes, I agree that friction is an issue, but LOW output? Just two magnets 2" x 1" x .5" across 1" diameter disks will easily push 50 Newtons of force or about 5kg. This could spin a large flywheel on a crankshaft and the next stroke could rotate it back and compress it down to prepare for the next stroke. You could leave the disks stationary and rotate the magnets in a circle around them at 1/2 the flywheel speed. Power stroke then compression, just like an internal combustion engine. You could also add many of these around the flywheel for more power.
Of course, this is if the testing shows that indeed it takes no energy to compress as suggested.
At this point, talking is of little value without additional facts and contemplation of a working device is merely the suggestion from ones own ability to visualize a machine using the concept.

It may appear so at first sight but one usually forgets that there is a counteracting force which in most cases nullifies the effect you're talking about. In the constructions which are potential perpetuum mobile there is a discrepancy  between the acting and counteracting forces which typically is very slight despite the enormous individual forces. As an illustration take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnqXJbwpNRo . It is this differential or asymmetry which we are relying upon when trying to build a working pmm.

Now, because the said differential is very small it is an additional problem when it appears during rotational movement but needs to be used to overcome the sticky spot through translational movement, as in the construction at hand. The losses are enormous in such a construction and the meager excess energy obtained can in no way compete to overcome these losses. Therefore, like I said, such constructions should be abandoned for the time being mainly because f the substandard conditions almost everyone works under.

Not so in construction such as the one proposed by Steorn in their Orbo. In that case the excess energy is being obtained along the same  mode of motion and, nevertheless, constructing a working model by independent parties poses difficulties (at present no one know as to whether or not Steorn themselves have a working one either). 

[FatChance!!!]

This link > http://www.youtube.com/user/LaFonteResearchGroup

Sorry, wont work. This is just another desktop dream that will not come true!
There is no "OU" forces making the rotor spinn by itself using this design.
Case closed.