Re: Inertial drive maths
Marcelo Puhl ( (no email) )
Sat, 31 Jan 1998 01:42:29 -3
>
> When I first thought of this idea of imbalanced rotational
> bodies, I thought that either we would need a very strong rotation or a
> very large mass to get this thing going, but I am _surprised_ to see
> that not at all ... theoretically speaking we can make such a device
> from spare parts which dont have to be anything special. Either this, or
> I have forgotten some physics during my inactivity years !!!
>
> All comments / corrections / correlations and confirmations
> welcome specially physical confirmations !!!
>
My weird idea :
1. Make a-b a simple rotational ferromagnetic rod.
2. Use a coil to make an eletromagnet outside this rod.
3. Use the eletromagnet to control the rod's position when spinning.
4. Put another eletromagnet c-d at 90 degrees of a-b.
5. Put two more eletromagnets e-f and g-h at 45 degrees too.
This way we have four rods spinning ( a la Oryfreus ? ).
By applying some DC current to the coils, we can control the position of each
rod, imbalancing the mass to some direction.
The difficult part will be to build such a device ...
Regards,
Marcelo