For your "relaxing exploration" of the mechanical physic during the summer
time, I have updated my web site with an amazing device that anyone can build
easily with few and common material (with some legotechnic components).
I have built and tested successfully a Thornson inertial propulsion drive.
The Thornson Inertial Engine (TIE) uses the force from a rotating inertial
mass (the centrifugal force) for producing a linear impulse.
An inertial propulsion engine (IPE) is a mechanical device which uses a
standard electrical motor drive for producing a motion, an IPE does not
require a medium such as air.
Some tests and measurements conducted on Thornson Drive prototype have
suggested that the IPE force-to-power ratio can be up to 2000% ie 20 times
higher than a conventional jet engine. (for a theorical approach of the
concept of inertial propulsion, I suggest you to read the document from Thomas
Valone "Inertial propulsion: the Thornson EZKL drives" and also the document
from the same author "Inertial Propulsion: Concept and Experiment")
You will find all diagrams, color pictures and videos about this at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jlnaudin/html/IPEmain.htm
I shall soon add more enhanced projects about this domain...
Sincerely,
Jean-Louis Naudin (France)