SMOT! - (previously about the OC MPMM)

[Dansway]

I think Howard Johnson gave us a lot to work with when he created his magnetic gate...

Study this gate!  Study it well....!

Regards,

~Dan

[Low-Q]

Hi,

There is no doubt this magnetic gate is working. However, it requires that the curved magnet is inside of a certain distance from the gate in order to pass it. The gate is nothing more than a magnet where the virtual and highest magnetic flux is outside the magnet itself. Viewed at a very long distance, the magnetic lines in this gate is looking exactly the same as in a regular bar magnet.
What I say is that, if the curved magnet was further away from the gate it would be prevented to enter it. This fact is also present if you try to close the loop. Howard did never successfully closed the loop, and still to date it is impossible to do work with static forces.

Br.

Vidar

[rotorhead]

Howard Johnson definitely had some interesting ideas. Is anyone here in contact with him? It would be interesting to hear his take on the device this thread is about. So far I don't see any direct relationship between his motor and this one. But I could be wrong.

[rotorhead]

Some interesting new things happening over at http://www.steorn.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=59687

[rotorhead]

I've been posting here for 3 months about this machine and nobody ever took the time to really look at it. Now, there's a video and everyone goes nuts.

I still haven't seen a decent simulation. The one over there isn't right (the person who made it admits that all the mechanical movements were done by hand, not computed).

The effect shown in the video isn't even what the inventor intended. The original concept has not actually been built. This is an early prototype and the effect was discovered by the engineer that built it.

But I may have seen enough to invest in a replication. I need to think about for a bit.