'T.O.M.I. Flapper' applied to a S.M.O.T., Self-Runner...

[tao]

I came across Patrick Harris many years ago, he is the one that brought for his theories and tests on the Theory of Magnetic Instability, aka TOMI.

He stated at that time, many years ago, that he had what he called a FLAPPER, and that it CONTINUOUSLY ROTATED. I have his actual words on all of this somewhere.

Needless to say, I am all but sure he is already dead now. He was dying at the time, and in very bad health. He was already frustrated with all the bashing that went on in regard to his TOMI experiments and how people wouldn't even try his experiments and merely armchair-bash him.


Anyway, for all of you who have wanted to link SMOTs up in a circle or know that there is FE involved in the SMOT but don't know quite how to tap it to make a self-runner, I give you this: The Flapper of Patrick Harris.

Maybe this is old news to you all, if so, great, just look at the video and say how nice the graphics are. For those of you that have been looking for a way to make the SMOT continuously moving, this might just be your way, after all, Harris said it worked for him!

The video below shows how the rotating piece would basically move, the supports and all that are not shown. The idea is that once the ball from the SMOT gets to the end of the ramp and moves a bit from the magnets, the weight is great enough that the ramp breaks free, like a pendulum and EASILY brings the SMOT ball back to its original position, where the ramp would have to lock back into place via a simple mechanical one-way locking/holding mechanism. The SMOT ramp would have to have a greater incline than is shown in the video, but you get the point! Harris was able to achieve a greater than 25% incline easily, so he never had issues.

I will not be attempting this anytime soon, but I felt that you all might want to have the idea regardless, considering many/most people have never heard of Harris's FLAPPER, or that he claimed it continuously rotated!

Enjoy...

[JamesThomas]

Thank you, Tao. I so often enjoy your informative posts here on the forum; and that was nice clear animation you did there. Ingenious idea.

I was nor aware one could accomplish a 25% rise with a smot; and this seems the first construction hurdle to reach that would deliver the needed energy to accomplish the pendulum swing.

j

[tao]

Thank you, Tao. I so often enjoy your informative posts here on the forum; and that was nice clear animation you did there. Ingenious idea.

I was nor aware one could accomplish a 25% rise with a smot; and this seems the first construction hurdle to reach that would deliver the needed energy to accomplish the pendulum swing.

j

Harris achieved a greater than 25% slope with his TOMI principle, it is MUCH different than the SMOT principle.

But, instead of increasing the SMOT's slope, you could always just use a longer ramp. A longer ramp on a SMOT would allow the ball to reach a higher height, and then the ramp as a PENDULUM should be able to get back to the starting point.

[roggy32]

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[ken_nyus]

Edited: nevermind, sorry.