Magnet motor in Argentina

[Omnibus]

... the second law, which
is by the way no law at all, cause it
only was defined by experience, but there are
many experiments, which violate the "second law"
under certain conditions...

Stefan, could you please identify what these experiments might be, violating the second principle of thermodynamics.

[Liberty]

This motor is an interesting device, however, the speed that this motor can turn must be fairly slow in order to allow for the mechanical rising of a magnet and the spring return of the magnet.  Speed would be an issue.  Using a coil to move the magnets would be much more practical and just use a generator to recover the power used to make it self running.

[Omnibus]

I don't think the speed is an issue. Even if the rotor turns, self-sustaining, at the pace of a snail it would be revolutionary. The question is, does it turn at all with no external energy input? This is what we have to clarify.

[Liberty]

Yes, I agree that it would be of great interest if the device would spin continuously.  But I was looking farther down the road to see if it could be made into something really useful to generate power.  It is very doubtful that this device could do that on a useful level.  But perhaps the knowledge of this device will lead to something that will perform better in the future?

[hartiberlin]

Stefan, could you please identify what these experiments might be, violating the second principle of thermodynamics.

Here is one, a flying vortex ring in air gains mechanical energy by cooling down
the air around it.
Due to the "second law" and viscosity laws of the air, it should have come
to a stilllstand already after about 1 Meter or less, but as the vortex
ring flies away, it can blow out candels very forcefully in 30 or 50 Meters away.

Right after the barrel it can?t even blow out a candle, but in 30 Meters the blowout is very
forcefull. I have seen this experiment already !
See:
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,865.msg5485.html#msg5485