Tri-Force Magnets - Finally shown to be OU?

[sm0ky2]

As i understand it, the ball starts out with a gravitational potential, does it not?

and is this starting potential not Greater than its ending gravitational potential?

[Omnibus]

As i understand it, the ball starts out with a gravitational potential, does it not?

and is this starting potential not Greater than its ending gravitational potential?

Think about a ball lifted from the floor and placed on the table at height h. CoE is obeyed when the gravitational potential energy mgh imparted to the ball is transformed into other energies in exactly the same amount mgh when the ball falls from the table back to the floor. In obeying CoE the ball will never spontaneously go sideways after imparting to it mgh. Here it does.

[zerotensor]

@zerotensor,
Very briefly. At that using a simpler contraption than SMOT. As you can see in this diagram http://omnibus.fortunecity.com/magnetic_propulsor.gif, the energy (mgh1 - (Ma -Mb))..........

No, I can't see that because when I follow the link http://omnibus.fortunecity.com/magnetic_propulsor.gif , all I see is a "Fortune City" logo.

Anyway, you are ignoring the magnetic potential in your analysis.

[Omnibus]

@zerotensor,
Very briefly. At that using a simpler contraption than SMOT. As you can see in this diagram http://omnibus.fortunecity.com/magnetic_propulsor.gif, the energy (mgh1 - (Ma -Mb))..........

No, I can't see that because when I follow the link http://omnibus.fortunecity.com/magnetic_propulsor.gif , all I see is a "Fortune City" logo.

Anyway, you are ignoring the magnetic potential in your analysis.

I am not ignoring the magnetic potential in my analysis. Read carefully before posting.

(Try reloading the page to see the diagram).

[Omnibus]

OK, I see fortunecity.com behaves funny. Here's a link to the actual experiment: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5163427245750490858&q=magnetic_propulsor