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Old 2nd July 2007 | 18:35
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Cool Inertia Machine




Rotor Heads,
I have been absent from this forum for last four years due to involvement in various projects (Evergreen Supertanker).
I have designed a inertia machine with efficiency in the 70% to 80% range and I think it may have vertical lift applications.
I have three drawings detailing the theory and I would like to post them on Rotor Heads.
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Old 2nd July 2007 | 20:06
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Go on then.....
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Old 2nd July 2007 | 21:10
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How to post pictures/images


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Old 2nd July 2007 | 21:27
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Heliport,

I could not get it to work, can I send them to you directly?

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Old 2nd July 2007 | 21:34
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Hope the machine works more successfully than the pics
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 02:38
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It could be the free lunch we've all been waiting for!

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Old 3rd July 2007 | 08:22
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Nice try Jiff, however your predicted vertical efficiency is far too high for application as a helicopter.

You need to be in the 12-16 % efficiency bracket for commercial operations, 1-2% to get a sniff at the military procurement process and much less for NASA.

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I have some experience of this type of machine, as demonstrated by the initial propulsion unit in the link below.

http://vivalagames.com/play/hamsters/fullscreen.php
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 11:25
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I know a doctor who uses this types of device.
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The local shop keeper in our north east village some years ago rejoiced that he had invented an anti-gravity machine. He was about to spend his life savings because of the future riches coming his way, a villa in the Bahamas, Lambo in the drive etc etc. It was three angle grinders spaced apart and when turned on gave as he described "anti-gravity properties". Poor lad.
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 13:23
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Jiff,

Have you built a working model of this inertia machine yet?
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 13:52
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333 top score so far and now have RSI in my index finger!
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 14:19
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Jed A1,
No not yet but will probbably use three offset gears with a constant speed on the centre or one servo motor per reaction weight controlled by a PLC with a servo interface card ie SERCO's.
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 15:35
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Does it utilize any of Telsa's theories?
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 16:02
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ShyT,

I knew I had seen this propulsion system before. We do in fact have one in our garage,



Simply explained, the cars are put between axis A and Axis B and the resultant force A propels them around the fireball.
All for a couple of C cells!


Professor Eric Braithwaite is a name that comes to mind with this sort of idea!!
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 17:34
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ShyTorque,

You've discovered the 'Free Launch' that IFMU has been waiting for.
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 18:48
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How does this stay in balance with out shaking the crap out of itself / drag ?
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 20:01
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When you get the bugs worked out of this can you make sure the pilots seat is comfortable.
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Old 3rd July 2007 | 20:57
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5 hamsters - 0ft each. But at least no hamsters were harmed otherwise I'd be upset.

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Old 3rd July 2007 | 21:08
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511ft total with single biggest hit at 240ft!

Found it's better to hit the hamsters on the 'up' rather than 'down'.

Takes a bit of getting use to but better in the end.

By the way does anyone have a life I could borrow?
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