> From Terrry: > > > The consensus at the time was it was driven with a > > compressed air nozzle.
Al spun the small gear several times before he was able to get the device to start. Could the 'failed' attempts have been a cover for winding a spring? The thing that bugged me about the whipmag saga was that Al did say, quietly, offhandedly, that no laws of physics were being broken, but made the demo look as convincing as he could. The result was that a number of semi-gullible people spent a lot of money trying to reproduce it, while he sat back and said nothing to dissuade them. Maybe that was a good lesson for them, but it seemed like a pretty nasty piece of work on Al's part.
