Sandy Kidd Gyroscopic Levitator

Jerry Wayne Decker ( jwdatwork@yahoo.com )
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:52:00 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Folks!

The following is in response to a post on another list
about an apparent antigravity effect;
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Years ago, we got a letter from Beyond 2000 wanting a
set of the KeelyNet disks. The letter said of the
information posted that Beyond 2000 had seen, there
was more than enough for 2 years of fascinating TV
reports and they wanted a set of all the files. They
read the file called KIDD1.ASC and wrote back saying
they were going to interview Sandy Kidd and broadcast
the segment. I got a videotape of the broadcast which
is the same one that Discover replayed as shown in
this file.

At the time, I believe the conclusion was that the
lifting effect was caused by linear friction where the
bucket of scrap metal that was used to counterbalance
the device was ratcheting downwards due to the
unstable rotation of the device causing it to jerk
upwards.

Kind of a creeping effect from the successive jerks,
analogous to a kinemassic/inertial drive but not
exactly the same thing.

This could be tested with an encoder or rpm wheel
driven by the rope as it would show a jerking motion
as opposed to a smooth transport and pin down the
cause of the lift. You will note it goes so high and
then stops and Kidd has to start it in the first
place, much like engaging the first tooth of a gear
though in this case it is release tension so the
jerking effect will take over and provide apparent
'lift'.

It is a neat effect at any rate though needs a lot
more testing before claiming weight loss or any kind
of gravity reduction. >>> Jerry W. Decker / KeelyNet

--- Cornwall RO <R.O.Cornwall@city.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Stefan and All,
>
> Okay, we will tell you the science of what Tony and
> I are getting up to <Not the nitty gritty). I did
> some analysis of his setup and applied Newtonian
> Mechanics. The analysis I show you here is for a
> near zero reactive propulsion system. Newton's Law
> seems to contadict itself. The URL is
> http://www.city.ac.uk/~remi/gyros/CompMass.htm
> (or go via new Index
> http://www.city.ac.uk/~remi/Index.htm
> and the second paper)
>
> Any trouble accessing this, let me know. Any
> comments please email.
>
> No, Sandy Kidd is not nutballs. I've seen Tony's
> system working. To quote Sir Arthur Eddington and
> bring him up to date and less arrogant:
>
> 'Don't believe any slight effect until you have
> theory BUT do believe any effect if massive and
> theory can't explain it.'
>
> (He said don't believe any experiment until you have
> theory). - Remi.
>
> On Wed, 28 Jul 1999,
> Stefan Hartmann wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I got a new movie in RealVideo(G2)-format from
> > "Kai Hackemesser" <kaha@gmx.de>
> >
> > about the Sandy Kidd Gyroscopic levitator
> > device. It defies the 3rd Newton action-reactio
> > law.
> >
> > It can be seen at:
> >
> http://mars.spaceports.com/~over/movies/kiddgyro.ram
> > in streaming mode, otherwise you can also
> > download it at:
> >
> http://mars.spaceports.com/~over/movies/kiddgyro.rm
> >
> > or from:
> >
> > http://www.wal3.de/temp/Kreiselmaschine.rm
> >
> > You need the free realVideo G2 player from
> > www.real.com It is about 3.3 MB big and it is a
> > 80 KBits/sec stream, so better download it before
> > playing, if you donīt have a 2 B-channel ISDN or
> > DSL or cable modem Internet access at least.
> >
> > Enjoy !
> >
> > Regards, Stefan.

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