In reply to David Jonsson's message of Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:31:18 +0100: Hi David, [snip]
It may be technically impossible for a significant mass, but I think that for individual molecules it would be trivial. e.g. two carbon atoms separated by a distance of say 3 Angstrom, I get Force to balance gravity x separation distance = minimal binding energy i.e. 24*amu*g*3*Angstrom = 7.3E-16 eV which is absolutely trivial compared to the binding energy of most molecules. If one were to use a plasma of molecular ions suspended in a DC mag field (to orient them), spun up with a superimposed EM field, it might have quite some effect. :) ...however I suspect that the real problem lies in that the "end point" of the centrifugal force is the center of rotation, not the center of the Earth. :( >I have read now. > >Why can't they clearly write what it is all about? It seems like mystic or >allegoric activity. > >Have they just found out the effect or can they really explain what it is >all about? > >The mechanics behind my effect is really simple. Horizontal movement at the >escape velocity causes a stable trajectory where gravity forces are >cancelled by centrifugal forces. > >If they are supposed to lift a flying wheel according to my idea with most >of its mass at its rim with a diameter of 0.4 meters they have to rotate the >wheel at 35.2 km/s = 28 000 revolutions per seconds = 1 680 000 rpm and that >is technically impossible. I think the speed record is around 500 m/s for >extremely well balanced cylindrical gas centrifues. Even a fingerprint will >give the cylinder an imbalance that makes it impossible to use at full >speed. > >I calculated in the following way. The escape velocity on Earth is 11.2 >km/s. Since a rotating motion is only partially horizontal in motion the >speed has to be multiplied with pi to get an average speed at the escape >velocity. The rest is geometry. > >Laithwaite mentions speeds of 5-6000 rpm which is 0.4% of a full lift so >maybe the effect is noticeable. > >David Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
