BTW the DOE are working on a variation of this concept for NASA... http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnetic-propulsion1.htm
Though their version is switched, much like a patent for a similar idea I have seen. John On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:05 PM, John Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > V2, negative inertial resistance - Pseudo negative mass. > > Take a pencil, and wind 2 coils around it a few mm apart, pass a DC > current such that the coils attract each other. > > Next increase the size of the pencil until the distance between the 2 > coils is about a light second apart that is one big pencil. > > Then let's see what happens as the pencil accelerates from a stand still, > the rear coil sees it is now closer to the front coil as it sees the > previous location of the front coil, hence it is more attracted to the > front of the pencil. > > The front coil as it begins moving initially sees the old position for the > rear coil it sees that it is further away from the field, this reduces it's > attraction to the rear of the pencil. > > Hence there is now an imbalance and the coils have a net force in the > direction of acceleration. > This will offset some of the inertial mass of the pencil/coil setup. > > A simpler version could be 2 permanent magnets in attraction being > accelerated together along the axis of the force between them. > > This could make for an extraordinary space drive. > It could by considered a variation of a photon propulsion scheme since > accelerating magnets would likely radiate just an accelerating electron > would. > > As such it would not violate Newtons laws or the conservation of energy. > > And the energy would seemingly be tapped on an atomic level from the > permanent magnet. > > This could be a superb space drive! > > If the mass is low enough and the field intensities great enough, the > inertial mass would seem to turn negative, it would not resist acceleration. > > > John > > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:43 PM, John Berry <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I was discussing elsewhere if a photon has mass, there are many reasons >> to argue that it does, it imparts a force as it is emitted, absorbed or >> reflected. >> A mirrored sphere would reflect light and if the sphere was accelerated >> the blue/red shifting of light should lead to unequal forces. >> If you place it in a gravity field/well, we know the photons path is bent >> by gravity, so the sphere should also weigh slightly more too. >> >> I even looked on opinion as to if light might create a slight gravity >> it's self, and surprisingly the majority of opinions (those considered >> expert in Relativity) seemed to indicate it would, or could. >> >> But, what of a stopped photon? >> Well while photons can be stopped, I considered this to be imperfect. >> >> So instead I wondered if a solenoid creating a steady magnetic field >> could be likened to a static photon, which seems reasonable a photon is >> released by varying a magnetic field (current in a wire). >> >> And so should a solenoid have increased inertia, or an inertial like >> force? >> >> Yes, and I will prove it. >> >> Let's take a square solenoid, feed with steady DC, with sides that are 1 >> light minute apart. >> Let's label the sides left, right, top and bottom. We would see top and >> bottom mutually repel, and left and right mutually repel due to the >> magnetic fields they each create, but the forces would overall balance. >> >> So let's start with it stationary, and suddenly accelerate all parts at >> once towards the right, without any deformation occurring, putting aside >> and difficulty with simultaneity. >> >> Now since propagation of any changes in the magnetic field are limited to >> C, as the left side moves toward the right, it actually thinks it is >> getting closer to the right side, the magnetic field the right side creates >> in that area near the left is still based in it's old location and will be >> for 1 minute. >> >> Additionally the right side sees it is getting further away from the left >> as again it sees the old location of the left, this decreases the repulsion >> the right side encounters. >> >> So the force on the left side increases and the force on the right side >> decreases which leads to a net force opposing the acceleration. >> >> This would seem identical to inertia, but could also be seen as a >> hysteresis against space effect. >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
