The Prometheus Effect, an OU Challenge

[Butch LaFonte]

Sorry, here is a full size drawing

[hartiberlin]

Hi Butch,
how should the balls roll ?
From right to left the ramp down and then in the bowl from left to right up ?

Or does the ramp swing down and then the ball will run up the ramp from left to right ?

How exactly are the magnets swinging sideways ? Why ?

Regards, Stefan.

[Oxygon]

took me a while... but i think I get it...

the moving magnetic arms act as a "pliers-like" device as the first sphere rolls down the tract, the pinchers nearest the pivots points "pinch" another sphere up and down the ramp becuase of the increased leverage the first sphere gives the arms as it rolles further from the pivot point...

I guess the assumption here is that the "first" will cause the second sphere to be piched upward and unto the track so too perpetuate this leveraged pinching...

this is just an opinion...

I guess we will hear more when we get a responce...

[Butch LaFonte]

Stefan,
The cycle starts with the ball rolling up the ramp from left to right, then drops down and turns back rolling from right to left, The ramp is lifted up to let the ball roll under it, The side rails are opened to keep the magnet's field from pulling back on the ball. When the ball passes the ramp, the ramp is dropped and the side rails brought back in to normal position. The cycle starts again.
Just a theory, it has gravity and magnetism working together at the same time.
Butch

[PaulLowrance]

I posted a very simple test to verify if the SMOT is OU or not.  See http://overunity.com/index.php/topic,118.45.html

Paul