reply to post by becomingaware
Unless I'm mistaken they are not tapping into the earth's magnetic field, or pulling power out of the air. I'v seen and toyed with, similar devices
and I believe it's simple opposing magnetic fields, it's just being utilized in a constructive manner.
Two magnets can pull themselves together, or repel each other, depending on the polarity.
This is a very crude way to explain it but I will try to break down my own limited understanding of it.
Picture a mag-lev train, using only opposing magnetic fields (one set of north polarity magnets on the train, repelling itself away from the south
polarity magnets on the track.)
Now picture that track being bent into a roller coaster loop with no entrance or exit, JUST one single loop, and a giant arm being attached to the
train, and leading to a generator in the center of the loop. The train would continue to go around the loop, and drive the generator, producing
energy.
This is a very crude simplified way to explain it but hopefully you get the general idea. As I stated they are not tapping into the earth's magnetic
field, or pulling power out of the air, they are harnessing the power of opposing magnetic fields to generate energy.
This particular motor may work on a different principle , but this is the basic understanding I have gathered from the magnetic motors I have seen,
and toyed with. It's actually stunningly simple, and I can't believe it hasn't been harnessed before now.
I thought of something along these lines when I was still in junior high, and won a science fair for showing a very crude simplistic version of this
in action. (without the generator in the center because the magnets I used were too weak to drive a generator, but the same principle stands.) And if
I had access to stronger magnets I could have done more then theorize that a generator could be placed in the center.
[edit on 11-11-2008 by ashamedamerican]