New accelerating lego magnet motor on youtube

[Yadaraf]

Well, this guy replicated this Lego pmm, but instead of using rubber bands as pulleys, he uses cog-wheels.
His version does NOT work at all.
Check out his youtube video: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=sVMXQwha7aY&NR=1

@ Koen1

Looking at the video a second time, it appears that his rotor and stator mags are in the same plane, which is not ideal for the WhipMag and possibly not ideal for his device as well.

I wonder if the builder posts to any of the magnetic/energy forums??

Yada ..
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[Jdo300]

I personally feel that this motor may have some merit. Some people were talking about their being a hidden motor underneath the table or something, but if you look at how the thing is actually accelerating, it *seems* to be acting like it is moving because of the magnets. Now, with that being said, I didn't bother to look at the video frame by frame to see what the positioning of the magnets are. But even if they were going in the  wrong direction with the wrong polarities facing each other, I would still not discount it immediately. Anyone who has been following the MPMM replication will tell you that the motion of the anti-gearwise stator magnets is counterintuitive to say the least.

God Bless,
Jason O

[Omnibus]

Man it would be nice if this simple motor actually works. Especially since it is made out of Lego's which are easy to get ahold of (of course). Has anyone tried to contact the guy who made it?

God Bless,
Jason O

I tried to contact the guy, wrote him a couple of PM's on youtube but never got a reply.

[Omnibus]

I personally feel that this motor may have some merit. Some people were talking about their being a hidden motor underneath the table or something, but if you look at how the thing is actually accelerating, it *seems* to be acting like it is moving because of the magnets. Now, with that being said, I didn't bother to look at the video frame by frame to see what the positioning of the magnets are. But even if they were going in the  wrong direction with the wrong polarities facing each other, I would still not discount it immediately. Anyone who has been following the MPMM replication will tell you that the motion of the anti-gearwise stator magnets is counterintuitive to say the least.

God Bless,
Jason O

One cynical way to approach this is to suggest, as @zerotensor has done above, that the Lego guy is just showing backwards the video he has taken.of the device.

[Koen1]

lol that's a very cynical view for someone who fills his own thread with tons of dodgy math but no proof whatsoever, and then starts insulting people who point that out...