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Mass transfer is real. I can produce it. Nitro said he’s produced it. He’s explained how. I have chosen not to. If few believe me, or believe Nitro, so be it, but it is real. It is so real I’d like ...
Asked on 6 February 2007 by Glenn Hawkins
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GyroTorque www.gyroenergy.co.nz, gyroscope transmission
I have been a reader for sometime now of this forum and find topics in the forum a very interesting read. I thought readers might find this company and the application of a gyroscope in the trans ...
Asked on 6 February 2007 by Richard Urwin
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Linear Gyroscopic Propulsion?
Hello, After reading many of the posts on this website I feel as though I were Alice in Wonderland...having just dropped down the hole, following the white rabbit (who apparently is muttering "I ...
Asked on 28 January 2007 by Araman Yran
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Understanding precession is a prerequisite to design gyro-propulsion
Gentlemen, Many of us visit this forum with a common goal, to resolve whether gyro configurations can yield useful linear propulsion. Our interest, no doubt, was sparked by the wonder that struck ...
Asked on 22 January 2007 by Luis Gonzalez
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Glenn Turner's Prototype Number 6
Glenn, Your prototype 6 comes near to Eric Laithwait's pat 5860317 Figs 21-28. But you're missing the point. When you force rotate the big table you have to let the gyro sub-assys rotate freely with ...
Asked on 17 January 2007 by Peter Burton
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A NEW SEARCH FOR INERTIA PROPULSION
There are two applications that probably create inertial propulsion. The less probable, less complicated, but more powerful of the two is presented here. I have decided the best way to begin i ...
Asked on 23 December 2006 by Glenn Hawkins
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new patents
Italian engineer Alfio di Bella Alfio di Bella Alfio di Bella Alfio di Bella patented a device to convert circular movement into one-direction movement. Go to european patent database ep.e ...
Asked on 15 December 2006 by aaaaaaaaa
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A BET
I have a little bet with myself. Would you like me to tell you how to produce powerful continuous acceleration in space using only ‘applied’ gyroscopic principles? My wager is that not more than two, ...
Asked on 10 December 2006 by Glenn Hawkins
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Are conversions between angular and linear dynamics possible?
It should be evident (to advanced members of this forum) that the feasibility of gyro-propulsion is dependent on the ability to convert angular dynamics into sustained linear acceleration. Forum con ...
Asked on 10 December 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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Information about Coriolis vibratory gyroscope (CVG)???
Hi! I need your HELP!!!! I need to get information about Coriolis vibratory gyroscope: descriptions, principles of work, photoes, diifferent kinds of CVG. It's for my science project into my universit ...
Asked on 10 December 2006 by Alexandr Leniv
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SEG/Gyroscopic propulsion unit
I have been doing some research into electromagnetic/gravetic type propulsion systems. Here's one for you. Can you make something like this? Look at this page...it is a design for a SEG device. Noti ...
Asked on 15 November 2006 by dcman2006
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Yes, but what do you really think?
Sandy’s mention of the Jones test gets me going again. As to that device, I’ve explained why I’m certain it isn’t a form of propulsion, but only an optical trick. If the device weren’t manhandled b ...
Asked on 11 November 2006 by Glenn Hawkins
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Test run
Completed the first test run yesterday. It works. Test was done on a rail. The device moved along the rail albeit slowly at this stage. Small problem when it is run up to the higher speeds, it tri ...
Asked on 2 November 2006 by DaveS
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Prototype test run
Machine is complete. Only taken 2 years. Tweaking one of the moving parts as it sticks when run up to speed. Sorting out a simple cam problem. Once sorted will do a test run. First visually ...
Asked on 2 October 2006 by DaveS
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Collaboration on propulsion concept
Many years ago I had a dream about a "flying saucer" gyroscopic propulsion system. As I look through the experiments here, I realize that my concept in this dream may not be far off. I would like to p ...
Asked on 19 September 2006 by Mike Jones
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The Root Cause of Precession (your comments are welcome)
Precession results from how the laws of physics determine stable spin motion and how stability remains in the face of external forces interacting in non-intuitive ways. The scarcity of adequate inform ...
Asked on 12 September 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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The What, Why, How, and Which of Precession!
WHAT is Precession? Precession is the “motion” that occurs as an object realigns its rotation axis, to the rotation axis of the torque applied. WHY do these 2 axes of rotation have to realign? ...
Asked on 13 August 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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Rotation & precession
About rotation? I have some questions. I haven’t a clue at this time what the answers are. I have no agreements or arguments prepared, only sincere questions. Draw a circle on a piece of pap ...
Asked on 17 July 2006 by Glenn Hawkins
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mass displacement
Dear all, Having completed the latest complicated (aren’t they all?) machine, intended to be a “fast repeater”, I found that it was both fast (aren’t they all?) and a repeater. Unt ...
Asked on 13 July 2006 by Nitro Macmad
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A Hinged Gyro
Hello All, It is now time to test how well I can describe a concept. The joy, the horror, the unimaginable! In an attempt to understand all that has already been tried I ask this question. L ...
Asked on 13 July 2006 by David Wolf
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Mobius strip
Has anyone ever experimented with a mobius strip, to see if it only has one side gyroscopically?
Asked on 23 June 2006 by Pete Turland
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How precession works in a toy gyro - Why precession has no centripetal / centrifugal force
This is not a question but a clarification of some gyro concepts (no answers are requested). An object in circular motion is constantly PULLED-IN toward the center of rotation. The pulling-in toward ...
Asked on 16 May 2006 by Luis AE Gonzalez
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?
Look at this and tell me if you were to push a small, thin hardcover book in front of it, would there be enough wallop to knock the hardcover over? Look at video clips #6 1MB and clip #7 1.1MB http:// ...
Asked on 6 May 2006 by Glenn Hawkins
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Why do we post our ideas, are rhetorical questions better?
We post questions to get answers, but why do we post thoughts (great or small)? Though knowledge may be its own reward its greatest joy is in its sharing (be it for ego, altruism, or the spectrum of ...
Asked on 30 April 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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LACK OF REACTION, ALWAYS TRUE?
I have questions. I don’t intend to debate, or argue. Do you have answers? FRIST QUESTION: We find that during constant precession produced by a constant magnitude of force there is no rearward ...
Asked on 19 April 2006 by Glenn Hawkins
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Let’s stick to one subject at a time until we get it sorted out
Sandy, It is naďve to expect upward thrust to result from any angle of inclination caused by “precession” (as a result of a radial torque)! (We would not expect a non spinning weight mounted at 45 ...
Asked on 15 April 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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What’s needed to get our minds around mechanical propulsion?
To get one’s mind around mechanical propulsion without getting lost in the details it is necessary to segment the concepts into a number of digestible pieces (starting with the more known ones). ...
Asked on 1 April 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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Progress
At last it seems that things are happening. My engineering chappy is actually working on my device. Having to order a bigger motor as the current one is not powerful enough to drive it. Getting ...
Asked on 30 March 2006 by DaveS
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Piffle, waffle, Etiquete and Newtons Laws
I have just waded ( i really mean that) through most of the previous threads relating to gyroscope related propulsion. Wading:- Some of the posting styles leave little to be desired. It is normally ...
Asked on 28 March 2006 by DaveS
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The Main Flaw of the best Current Devices
The best built mechanical propulsion devices suffer a common flaw. Until recently most discussions in this forum (or any where else) did not address that crucial flaw. On Feb 23 and 25, 2006, two lead ...
Asked on 18 March 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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About Heretic video and the amazing 8th minute
I saw the video "Heretic" of this interesting web site many months ago (in the first week of October 2005 if my memory serves me well). As the professor Laithwaite, I was just amused when Alex Jones t ...
Asked on 18 March 2006 by Freeman
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Why is Torque measured in lb-ft and not in lb-ft-ft/sec-sec?
If Torque = F x R & F = M x A & A = Acceleration is measured in ft / sec-sec So F = Force is measured in lb-ft / sec-sec Therefore Torque should be measured in lb-ft-ft / sec-sec However Tor ...
Asked on 5 March 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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Two questions about precession
Forgive me if either of these questions have been answered here already. They are basic questions regarding precession but a casual search here and on the Internet has not provided me any insight. ...
Asked on 20 February 2006 by Shawn Ostermann
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Gyroscopic Propulsion, Good or Bad?
I'm trying to wrap my mind around just how true gyroscopic propulsion would change our world. The obvious benifits that come to mind are: possible end to fuel crisis, faster and further travel postent ...
Asked on 18 February 2006 by Shawn Ostermann
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Challenges and solutions in accelerated systems
Sandy has made it clear that his design does not attempt to make use of “thrusting gyros downward” subsequent to significant precession swings. His design, Sandy states, will make use of “accelerated ...
Asked on 21 January 2006 by Luis Gonzalez
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Capitalisation on the Invention
So I have got it to work, I know the markets, I have my patent, do I approach Rolls Royce or Pratt & Wytney and sell them the patents? How much do you think I would get? What would you do to capit ...
Asked on 5 January 2006 by Stephen Wilson
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what are you trying to achieve
What are you trying to achieve? an understanding of what a gyroscope is doing?,or making a gyroscope fly?
Asked on 2 January 2006 by chris jones
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Gyro Knowledge – Does the rate of precession change?
Given: A gyroscope spinning at constant angular velocity is attached from the opposite end of its axle to a vertical drive shaft via a pivot free to swing up and down (Type “A” Laithewaite system, s ...
Asked on 26 December 2005 by Luis Gonzalez
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New Idea
I have an idea for gyroscopic propulsion that I have not seen anywhere else. This design does not actually have an overall net force to propel itself (in which it would continue forward unless acted u ...
Asked on 19 November 2005 by Ryan Chappell
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Luis Gonzalez - a question
In regards to the J If I put an Up force x which can hold 10 lbs above the ground, and then apply that same force x to 5 lbs, the 5 lbs accelerates. acceleration of an object is then a e ...
Asked on 3 October 2005 by dave brown
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Seeking the Illusive Third Derivative “J”
Propulsion presupposes Force, and Force requires Acceleration A=2S/[t][t]. If we found a way to generate “accelerated-precession” (A=2S/[t][t]), derived from a force (and its opposite reaction) that h ...
Asked on 1 October 2005 by Luis Gonzalez
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Sandy, you figure it out?
You've been gone a while and i hope you have. I've run out of money and want to see this thing fly. send me an email for my idea or i'll wait as long as i can and post it here. It's the only ...
Asked on 22 September 2005 by dave brown
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Ok, back to basics
A slow spinning flywheel precesses faster. Has anyone continually sped up a flywheel while it's precessing to see how close to stopped they can make it? If so, did you manage to get it to precess ...
Asked on 18 September 2005 by dave brown
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Gyro-propulsion designers need to understand and utilize “J” the rate of change in acceleration.
The rate of change in acceleration is the third derivative of the equation for distance and is scientifically referred to by the term “Jerk” and the symbol “J.” Newton did not include “J” in the 3 law ...
Asked on 27 August 2005 by Luis Gonzalez
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To conserve or not to conserve... (Uba's Demon)
Forum, Okay, so the universe is an apparently un-conserved system. In it we find lots of energy doing lots of stuff with no apparent symmetrical negative energy undoing lots of stuff. Big wh ...
Asked on 17 August 2005 by Eric James -----
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oscillation tranfer
Dear D Brown and the rest of the gang, The demonstration you mention in the general section of this forum, of the increasing orbit of a gyro hung from a long string and released with its axis hor ...
Asked on 16 August 2005 by Nitro MacMad
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I'll stop polluting your threads but...
Please read here from time to time. You can move any posts of mine you don't like into this thread. Lets forget gravity for now, and let it help us use friction for forward movement. Have you ...
Asked on 15 August 2005 by Dave Brown
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I might need to team up with someone
I have designed a gyroscope system that I have not found anywhere else in all my searches which I hope might at least demonstrate a measurable weight loss. I can email a PDF article/schematics to inte ...
Asked on 4 August 2005 by John Morton
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Gyro Knowledge - Which Gyro has faster precession?
Given 2 gyroscopes built exactly the same way with only one difference. The flywheels of the gyros have different mass (therefore have different weights on earth) even though they have the same dimens ...
Asked on 31 July 2005 by Luis Gonzalez
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The undiscovered truth...
Forum groupies, Behold! I shall ask a leading question for which it is your privledge to ponder... Before I do, I should note that I haven't seen this addressed in any analysis of gyros duri ...
Asked on 11 May 2005 by Eric James -----
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