Roll on the 20th June

[bullsnbears1]

@ Mr M

As previously stated, I am no magnetics expert. So to answer your question, allow me to us an analogy.

Two meteors are traveling through space at the same speed.

One is off in the abyss, free from any gravitational field to disrupt it's movement.

The other travels near earth, gets pulled in, and crash lands.

It had kinetic energy before, as well as potential energy, but now it has none. Where did it all go?

Impact. Upon collision, it looses energy to heat, deformation, and vibration (sound), to name a few.

To pull that meteor back off of earth and send it back on it's way would take as much energy as it lost on collision, just like pulling the steel ball off the magnet and rolling it again.

-PurePower

What about a NASA satellite that passes near enough a planet to accelerate & then slingshots away.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm really curious as to what happens there. That seems a little closer to what we're trying to do than the actual collision.

[kude]

What about a NASA satellite that passes near enough a planet to accelerate & then slingshots away.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm really curious as to what happens there. That seems a little closer to what we're trying to do than the actual collision.

If the sat is accelerating wouldn't you think it would be crashing into the planet? NASA aims a sat at the fringe of a planet so that the planet's gravity warps the path or trajectory of the sat. I'm not sure if the speed is affected.

[bullsnbears1]

If the sat is accelerating wouldn't you think it would be crashing into the planet? NASA aims a sat at the fringe of a planet so that the planet's gravity warps the path or trajectory of the sat. I'm not sure if the speed is affected.

I'm fairly sure that they use the planet for acceleration because I've heard them say that they wouldn't have enough fuel if they didn't use the planet.

IF I'm correct about that, then wouldn't it lose the same acceration that it gained as it moved away from the planet? If not, then why not?

[queue]

Hey queue, I'm new here and I get confused by who is whom & who shows what where.

I like your approach & attitude. What is your website and/or youtube name?

Something this thread needs (it's huge & meandering) is an index of who is doing what, what everyone has shown to this point & that also lists contributors websites & videos. Also recommendations about sourcing materials (soft ferrite rods are an example). I dont' ask for much do I?

I just ordered a bunch of mags to start playing (I like to keep all this type of stuff fun & without pressure) next week.

My stuff is pretty backyard actually .. nothing special.. but i did try to replicate some of what AQ was up to in this thread and i made a few posts 
..
My Youtube stuff is here .. all if its AQ related
http://youtube.com/user/QueueContinuum

IN this thread i posted several hi res pics here to go with the video's i posted on youtube and an explanation of why i
made the posts ..

http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,4540.msg112556.html#msg112556
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,4540.msg112734.html#msg112734
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,4540.msg113209.html#msg113209
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,4540.msg113999.html#msg113999

Although i have and run a few different websites and servers .. i don't have one for any of the stuff you see from me here ..
but the two listed in my footer(below) are the only two dealing with OU/FE ..

C ya
Queue

P.s Thanks for the comments

[kude]

I'm fairly sure that they use the planet for acceleration because I've heard them say that they wouldn't have enough fuel if they didn't use the planet.

IF I'm correct about that, then wouldn't it lose the same acceration that it gained as it moved away from the planet? If not, then why not?

Here you go chief: http://www.dur.ac.uk/bob.johnson/SL/1.html

They say its an oddity. It's all on the internet to learn.