James Roney's breakthrough: Runway Plates

[TinselKoala]

Let's review.
You, a.king21,  posted a picture and said it was "confirmation" of Roney technology by Bedini and others. The picture you posted claims that it works, and what we think of as "working" would be a motor that turns, of itself, and keeps running without input of outside energy.

Am I right so far?

But it does NOT work, it is NOT a "confirmation" of anything Bedini ever did, and I see your posting of it as misdirection entirely.

No, I don't "know everything" nor do I pretend to. But I do know certain things, and I DO build and test things. Perhaps you, or anyone else, would like to tell me just how what Roney shows in the videos above, is any different from what I showed in the video I linked, which I made and posted in 2009.

The problem with "shielding" is just as you have noted: your "shield" material, to be effective as a shield, always winds up being attracted to the magnet you are trying to shield. If only there were some shielding material that doesn't behave this way, many PM designs might actually work. But unfortunately there is no magic material that does this. Just like "negative friction bearings" would make many a Bessler wheel work. But just like Bessler wheels, magnetic shielding seems to have some kind of hypnotic attractions... so people keep wasting their time on this dead-end, rather than using their creative juices investigating something that hasn't already been soundly proven not to work.

Let me add this: I don't give a hoot whether or not you choose to waste your time trying to get Bedini motors or Roney stators or Bessler wheels to work. What I object to is the making of FALSE CLAIMS or claims that are unsupported by real repeatable data. Like the image you posted. It makes a false claim and should not be allowed to go unchallenged.

[a.king21]

Well, if it's a false claim that is fair enough. I asked certain experts about this device a month or so ago. I was told that it just about worked but there was little or no useful  power.
What interested me is gadgetmall's attempt to create a magnetic motor.
The results shall certainly  be interesting.
In any case my instincts tell me that if the Bedini version was to work it would require a high level of precision engineering, which is certainly beyond me and beyond,I suspect, most of the vast majority of amateurs on the fe sites.
What would be interesting would be if a serious attempt at building the "Bedini etc" device was made and failed. I would certainly be interested in seeing such a video if it exists.
I looked at Roneys video and didn't see anything special about using a dead battery in the stator.
But as usual, the result of serious experiments is what matters.