SMOT - Pendulum Configuration. New idea?

[shruggedatlas]

I believe that the rotor (lever arm) can not meet any resistance as it approaches the rails (which ever rail setup you choose). It "needs" to be pulled into the rails 100%. I haven't experimented with rails enough to know if this would be possible. If I get enough positive feed back I may build this.

I would probably use a bicycle rim instead of the arm and fabricate the rails out of a flat thin piece of aluminum. The difficult part is building the structure to hold it all together in alignment.

So does anyone else have positive or negative input?

Tim

No one has gotten a SMOT to impart an object with more energy than the object had before entering the SMOT gate, so you have an uphill battle there.

[nwman]

Shurg',

Tell me about it. This is just a shot on the dark. We never know. I haven't seen anyone try a curved SMOT before.

I'm thinking the only part of this design that hasn't been tested to work is the point of entrance into the SMOT after the repulsion area. The question again is if the end of the arm will be attracted wards the rails at that point or if it will be repelled. Its one or the other but I don't know which and don't currently have the means to run tests. If it is repelled in even the smallest amount it will not work, but if there is the smallest amount of attraction it may have possibilities.

Doesn't anyone have input on whether or not it will be attracted or repelled at my suggested point of entrance?

Tim

[gyulasun]

Hello all,

Here are two videos on the tri-force gate to ponder on the question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCW6T7oKq2c  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy78fYvidAU&NR=1

[nwman]

That tri-force gate is interesting but I read the comments for the video and I agree that its inconclusive at best. I did a quick search form other tri-force gates and found this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt0zoHy46uo

The first few runs he does are very interesting because it "seems" he doesnt have to put much if any force on it to roll through and out the rail. I would wonder what this would do with my layout of wrapping the rail around the wheel. If there is any energy added it should simple be able to propel the the wheel around.

If I remember correctly there is a dead spot just before the entrance just after the repulsion zone and before it is attracted into the rail. Maybe this is where he is putting it when it looks like its not being acted upon by the magnets.

Tim