Roll on the 20th June

[shakman]

Too many people have been duped by this huckster. First emotionally and now financially.
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I hate to rain on your parade here Newt but I really think you need to see a psychiatrist if you've been emotionally hurt by Archer's efforts to build a perpetual motion device.
Where are you based? I could refer you to some of my friends in Australia or New York. Just promise to put on the white coat when they ask you nicely.

shakman

[exxcomm0n]

Anyway....back on the actual content side of the aisle.......

Has anyone checked out the latest video and seen what more weight (mass) is doing?

Wood/plastic stops just a little past 9:00 with a 1:00 drop.

Metal pipe stops at about 10:45 .

Definitely something to be said for the "flywheel effect" (more mass).

Downside is mags have to be MUCH beefier.

Any insights/opinions on this out there kids?

[Bubba1]

.. by moving the bottom part of the curve further away, the "wall" isn't an abrupt stop to the wheel, but more of a ramp-like action pushing the rods in a radial direction....

Sm0ky2:

Would this same shape benefit the upper part of the curve (in attraction)?

[sm0ky2]

Archer isnt taking peoples money and running away with it. He's actually BUILDING this thing..
And showing us his work every step of the way.


It's rediculous to try and call him a cheat, a scammer, or a liar.  Just LOOK at what hes doing!!
I commend him for his efforts. And i hope he can get it to work.  I dont hear any complaints from the people that have given archer funds.  and personally i think hes making better use of the donated money than it would get, paying the salary of the Red Cross CEO, or some other place to donate to.


There should BE no "emotion" involved here.. This is not an emotional issue,. such comments only emphasize my earlier post....   This is about a technology. Plain and simple. If you are having an emotional response to this issue,m you need to take a step back and look at WHY that is.....

Is it because you are clinging onto some previous conception about this type of device,
   that would be threatened, should the wheel actually work?

Is it because you "believe" that it will not work, and are preturbed that people are encouraging him?

Do you feel that your entire understanding of the universe is hanging on a thread, with the Sword of God about to cut it?

What exactly is there to be "emotional" about here???    Its a wheel, it goes around, and around.....

It's not like Archer is out trying to steal your girlfriend, or drop a piano on a friend...

He's just building a Wheel.

perhaps psychiatric help might not be a bad idea.......

[shakman]

Great to see some constructive discussion in this forum again with discussions about utilising springs and the magnet arc positioning. Hopefully the circus sideshow will subside for a while.

I have thought about the use of springs in the design to compliment the magnetic forces myself. The idea of using them as a buffer is a good one I hadn't thought of. This could produce some results.

I'm currently looking to buy a few small hobby kits (KNEX etc) and I've already ordered a big hobby magnet kit (similar to GeoMag) so I can start experimenting. I have plenty of old mice (or is it "mouses" ) lying around that I can steal little springs out of so I'll definitely test a few of these concepts out once I'm set. I can't wait to get all of these ideas out of my head and into a device (even if it is only small and looks like a toy).

shakman

EDIT: I just read sm0ky's last post... I think we've found Newt a psychiatrist. I just hope he's lying down on a leather couch when he reads that post. LOL.