>From Terrry: > The consensus at the time was it was driven with a > compressed air nozzle.
A reasonably educated guess. Nevertheless, I'm not yet ready to throw in the towel. (Or perhaps I'm not finished obsessing over... I mean amusing myself over the "Alsetalokin" matter.) ;-) The original "Alsetalokin" video is badly lit. The imagery flickers. There is also a loud extraneous buzzing noise that permeates the audio track. One has to question why the video was so badly shot. If I wuz a suspicious individual it would be easy to start asking myself: What was "Alsetalokin" trying to obfuscate by posting such an obscure video. However, I tend to side more on what might be described as the gullible side of these matters. Emotionally, I WANT to believe. If it wasn't for the fact that my intellect occasionally pipes up and sez annoying things like "...excuse me, but stop ignoring the man behind the curtain!!!" I probably wouldn't be of much use to anyone. I'll now try to explain in more detail why "Alsetalokin's" video still makes the intellectual centers of my brain itch. The following assessment is based on the assumption that both the rotor and stator PMs are simultaneously rotating in the same rotational direction, either clockwise or counter-clockwise. Makes no difference. The only difference is the fact that the STATOR PM rotates at a higher RPM - in-sync at one complete 360 degree rotation while two ROTOR PMs pass nearby. A classic torque graph tends to show a sharp "up" spike as described in Newton forces. It is immediately followed by a quick "down" spike that looks like an exact mirror replica of the "up" spike". The only difference is that the "down" spike has been flipped both horizontally and vertically and shifted such that the zero nexus point meets exactly where the Newton forces equal zero. Where the "up" spike and the "down" spike meet is analogous to the bottom floor of two valleys where a boulder would naturally want to roll towards if free to do so... the magnetic cogging effect. If one were to rapidly rotate the "Alsetalokin" the ROTOR/STATOR configuration as describe above, a curious thing may begin to manifest, something related to magnetic viscosity and/or the effects of hysteresis. The flux lines of adjacent PMs will be "dragged" slightly to the right (or left) depending on what direction the ROTOR/STATOR configuration is rotating. That "drag" results in a small shift of the classic Newton torque measurements as portrayed on a graph. Granted, the shifted or dragged torque measurements are probably still symmetrical in of itself - except for one annoying little detail, a detail I have yet to resolve in my brain. It has to do with the fact that the ROTOR/STATOR configuration is an on-going DYNAMIC condition. Classic Torque measurements, as simulated in s/w packages like FEMM pertain to basic measurements from STATIC non-moving configurations. Therefore, it is still reasonable to speculate on a premise that the actual measurements of what actually happens in a dynamic configuration are not necessarily being accurately modeled here. It is still possible that a tiny sliver of asymmetry has been introduced into a dynamically rotating configuration. There are times when the torque forces are attracting the ROTOR/STATOR configuration, and times when the same torque forces are repelling against each other. Both effects will CHANGE the migratory pattern of flux lines in interesting ways. At first glance one might assume an obvious asymmetry would have to be introduced due to the fact that it's well known (among researchers) that repelling forces are never as strong as the attracting forces. However, spatially speaking, there is more spatial time in the repulsive torque phaze, and when you add all the pluses and minuses up it still comes to zero ... OR... OR!!! perhaps not. It's this uncertainty that I have yet to answer to my satisfaction in the "Alsetalokin" configuration. The point being: Is it possible that "Alsetalokin's" configuration manages to introduce a way to shave off a tiny slice of SPATIAL TIME pertaining to the repulsive phase. If that does happen a real asymmetry would be introduced into the configuration. Granted, it's probably a long shot since we are dealing with Newtonian events, not quantum events, but anyway... Inquiring minds want to know. Software simulations such as FEMM can only point theoreticians and researchers in a general speculative direction. In the end, there is only one way to know for sure. Build the damned contraption! A major difference I would introduce in future POC (Proof of Concept) constructions would be to add special gearing to the ROTOR/STATOR configuration. The gearing would force the ROTOR/STATOR configuration to always rotate in-sync, no matter what the RPM speed might be. The downside of adding gearing would be to introduce additional friction to the overall construction. However, if there exists sufficient asymmetry, (a BIG if here!), then OU does exist, and it may be enough to overcome the added effects of more friction. As for me, I'm tapped out cash wise. ... the garage is a mess, too. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
