Orbo exposed

[shruggedatlas]

Here is a website claiming to show exactly how Steorn's Orbo is meant to function.  There is an interesting bit there about magnets, the point being that even if you were to make a device that could spin for a while, the "permanent" magnets involved would degauss after a while, and it would take a great deal of energy to remagnetize them, resulting in no net gain.

[shruggedatlas]

Oops, here is the link: 

http://depletedcranium.com/?p=54

[bitRAKE]

I still believe there is a way to organize the stator magnets to bring external field flux into the rotor (providing a push). Environment becomes important to maintaining rotation.

Maybe something like deedee's:
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,2704.30.html

[TheOne]

nothing new in this exposition, in fact the magnet in the stator are not even exposed, its supposed to be a halback array not just a simple magnet

[bitRAKE]

Please, look at this video for an example of one directional force - because of the organization of the form external energy can only result motion in one direction. The same can happen with the magnetic fields - a constant sea of magnetic flux can contribute to motion in one direction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQMoZr_x7Q

I doubt the magnetic fields would degauss because the fields could not be that intense or the background environment would have no effect on the device.