Working SMOT ramp from Tom Ferko ?

[magnetman12003]

Hi All,

After a lot more thought I simplified this device even further.

No more rolling runner magnet on top of the balance beam.  Only one pivot point now.  Almost friction free.

I have a Mu Metal shield incorporated within the pendulum .

Both swing together as illustrated.

The 2 magnets  mounted on the pendulum in a fixed position are shielded by the Mu metal arc at all times.   Thats until the pendulum swings to a point where the pendulum magnets face the externally mounted magnets directly.   This will happen in a split second resulting as a repelling kick to the pendulum.  Happens on both sides of the pendulum arc.

You might say why bother with Mu metal.  The answer is that the repel forces will start repelling each other at a much greater distance if the Mu metal is not in place. 

Two North poles will attract each other on the same spot with a section of Mu Metal between them.  Pull the Mu Metal out and both magnets will repel each other.  Ditto for South poles.

If a magnet attracted by a Mu Metal plate can slide/glide off its flat end surfaces easily then this should work.  During that split second after sliding off the Mu Metal it will face a huge repelling force.  The rest needs no explanation.

Tom

[supersam]

tom,

great to see the wheels are turning everywhere!!!!  keep it up. there is something out there.  what an ingenius idea!

i am still curious about the pendulum- magnet -gyroscope, if you need a little boost.

lol
i guess i'll be sam tonight

[nwman]

My head hurts!

I just spent the last few hours reading this thread from start to finish and WOW! Your guys are silly! No disrespect to your work though. Its just amazing where you started and where you are now. From what I understand no one has anything that as actually worked yet? Am I right? There is so much I want to say but its now too late today. When I write again I will be going back to the vary first post and the video shown on the rail gun. I think if what I saw in that video is true with a few small assumptions we might be talking about something that could work. One question I have is from that first video will the ring magnet be pulled into the device and then shot out or do you have to drop it in past the sticky spot?

Tim

[d3adp00l]

check this out for O/U
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3078131163857744253
someone do the math it's been running since 1996 how many watt hours is that approx.?

[nwman]

My first guess is that there are electromagnets under the base of the unit that are running it. However I think I can see in theory how it works. It uses a SMOT to propel the ball and in doing so transfers a small amount of energy to the pendulum to keep it running. The pendulum is used to pull the magnet away from the ball as it passes just enough to pull the ball and then release it. The length of the pendulums are calculated just right for the time it take the ball to travel around. I think the C magnets also are used to keep the three pendulums rocking lined up. As one goes down there is a small arm from the next C magnet pendulum arm that is in the magnetic field which is pulled down with it. The question is does this really work to get the ball past the sticky spot? It makes it harder to believe that is has been running for that long and is in what looks like a museum and hasn't made the news. We all know if this really did what it claims then it would be a lot larger then a video on Google.

Tim