I don't think this has been posted before, so here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-zGy_QgQcE
And here's an interesting article from New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328476.700-superstuff-when-quantum-goes-big.html
I've been aware of those vids for a while. Amazing indeed.
- I seems that centrifugal force is not a factor, the track is followed at pretty high angular accelerations. Is CF canceled out?
- Would it still work when insulation (aerogel containment) is introduced? If so, efficiency of the lifter (cool energy required for the amount of wheel drag done away with) could be vastly increased.
In this video they use a figure of eight track and the speed is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lmtbLu5nxw&feature=related
I wonder what would happen if you had a coil inside the puck and maybe also a capacitor to collect the energy and then release it when passing the drive gate..........or something like that
Hi Powercat,
Thanks for the video, that is a neat setup.
Project Home 2011 was an interesting project but I haven't heard much about it lately.
http://projecthome2011.tripod.com/
QuoteThe research yielded a method of levitation for moving objects above the ground, without the friction of ground contact. Incorporated into the Project Home 2011 vehicle are magnetic cells, 8 each side with 16 total, with the edges of the circular coils pointed downward on either side of the vehicle midbody. The same principal applies. A cushion of self-sustained, magnetized air is generated below the Project Home 2011 vehicle, and the vehicle hovers above the ground.
This is not anti-gravity. The force of gravity is still there, but the force of repelling magnetism "wedges" the Project Home 2011 vehicle up when activated. The magnetized air below the vehicle immediately tries to escape out from under the vehicle, but new ionized air is constantly self-generated from the e.m.f. emitted from the vehicle's propulsion cells, keeping a constant cushion of magnetic air maintained below the vehicle, so the vehicle hovers. The height of the vehicle's hovering capability is proportionate to the scale of the cell. 3000 amperes per square area of conductive material.