Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
Wesley Bruce wrote:
Ok so far as I can see there is only one magnet clearly visible and
all the motion is the product of fingers and the tweezers poking it.
Are we sure they are legit images of the Steorn thing since there is
no self motion visible in those pictures?
Is that really a surprise?
No but they did say the opposite. Note This does not make me more
sceptical in fact I'm more optimistic now.
I've looked at the information on the Steorn website and have never
seen anything that actually /said/ they have anything which
self-runs. I know opinions here differed, and there are some
ambiguous statements which one could interpret that way, but I saw
nothing clear and explicit to that effect. AFAICT, all they have is
something which, when driven externally, apparently produces more
power on the shaft out than is applied on the shaft in. Of course,
with such a device the torque varies significantly as the shaft
rotates, so measuring the power in and power out can be a tad dicey.
If that were true then its a simple matter to close the loop and add a
linkage that drives itsself. I can see how that would work, I just can't
see the linkage. If I were them I would not show that part either. Then
again there's no shot of the thing from the back or sides; that may be
very important.
PS If Steorn has cracked it; half of the Vortex crew are out of a job
and most of us will be sending them our CV's. or did I already do that ?
The little arm on the right is a classic escapement that allows the
magnet to push the disc its mounted on a few degrees. A spring then
returns it to the start position. in effect we have a retarded cycle
with two springs rocking a disc back and forth in the plane of the
disc, in this case one of the springs is a magnet. All that's
nothing new?! If its legitimate then these images are intentionally
lacking a key component. The bit that moves the escapement up and
down with no external input of energy: i.e. fingers or tweezers.
1600th century clockwork.
If it is that simple the worlds scientific community will have a
complete and total fit. With wood, brass and twine Leanado Davinchi
could have built the thing.
