Magnetic/gravitational motor

[ResinRat2]

Joao,

This was expressed earlier. Assuming a free flow of liquid is required between the reservoirs; what will keep the fluid from flowing into the lower area and making the whole wheel bottom heavy?

[Joao]

ResinRat2,
In the stirling engine from http://www.rotarystirlingengines.com/sexbaloon.htm , occurs the same thing to the water, but the engine realy work.

The stirling engine:

[Joao]

To the motor C, could be similar to above stirling engine (the water flux what unbalance the wheel is the red arrow):

[ResinRat2]

Joao,

Thanks for the info. Looking at it from that point of view it does help to unbalance the wheel in the right direction.

[juspot82]

Why not just use the weight of the magnets themselves? or the added weight of a sliding rotor.

If the magnets are connected to a rod with a fixed length and allowed to slide closer to the center of the wheel the weight will become unbalanced. Here's a very crappy drawing:



This doesn't have as many rotors as a final product would, but it should give an idea. The magnets on the right hand side are being pushed to the center of the wheel causing the wheel to become unbalanced. Gravity naturally rotates the wheel counter-clock wise which forces the next rotor into position. I don't know if the rotors will have to be connected to the rotor of the opposite side or if just forcing the magnets on the right hand side of the wheel to the center would be enough to unbalance the wheel.

Think of each rotor set as a lever. For instance....In the picture above the rotors at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock are one lever in the system and the center of the wheel is the fulcrum. When everything is centered they are balanced. However if you push the magnet of the 3 o'clock rotor towards the fulcrum you change the balance to be heavier at the 9 o'clock side of the lever. This is accomplished by 1 of 2 ways. The 3 and 9 rotors are actually 1 solid rotor that is allowed to slide back and forth adding extra weight to the 9 side when it is pushed by the repulsive magnet stators. Or they are 2 independent shafts that are made of 2 seperate pieces per rotor. The 2 pieces would be sized so that one could slide it the other similar to a radio antenna. There wouldn't be any added mass to the left side of the wheel in the seperate rotor setup, only a change in the distrobution of the weight on the right.