Gravity Motor Patent 7/10/08

[mondrasek]

From what I can tell there is a bit of firing energy lost when you use the wires as the latch as you must first break that hold and the wire should be acting as a tiny shield in the magnetic fields, warping them slightly.  And a bit of energy is lost when bumping the latch out of the way with the mechanical catch system, plus it would be very difficult to have the switch magnets latch exactly at the end of the tubes.  So I guess it is whichever can be made with the least amount of loss that will give the longest rundown times.

The mechanical latches are more complicated but are more robust as far as having your stator magnets too close.  With my experience (and I think TK witnessed this) if you fire too hard the magnets can hit the wire and bounce back instead of catching.  But both mech. latch and wire latch systems should be able to be tuned properly by adjusting stator height for the desired optimal RPM.

[gyulasun]

This was the same idea Dudeman750 e-mailed me yesterday!

When you fire a mass switch by approaching from the side you have a big wall force.  And therefore a big acceleration of the the switch magnet once it fired.  You get exacly the same amount of energy out as it took pressing through the wall, minus losses to friction, etc.

Hi Mondrasek,

Ok on your explanation, I understand it now. 

Thanks,  Gyula

[boke]

TinselKoala:

Those bearings don't look to be very free to me at all.

Even without the magnets installed your wheel comes to a fairly quick stop and does not even try to rotate in reverse. Either the wheel is perfectly balanced or you have a fair amount of drag in those bearings. I'm betting the latter. I've got bushings here that would allow the wheel to spin longer than those bearings.

Are there rubber seals in them that you could remove?

[dudeman750]

omg.....

[boke]

omg.....

I'm going to assume that is directed at me. Though I really can't see anything wrong with what I said.

I can assure you those bearings have significant drag whether it be seals or heavy grease... I am not saying the wheel will run with the drag removed. Just that it IS there.