The "Whipmag" All-Magnet Motor
An Open Source Energy Project
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Back in July of 2007, Steorn embarrassed themselves by hosting a world-viewing demo of what was supposed to be a free energy device that defies the laws of physics as presently understood (wouldn't be the first time in history). Unfortunately, their demo was botched. [1] (http://pesn.com/2007/07/05/9500478_Orbo_Demo/)
Meanwhile, a couple of Steorn forum (http://www.steorn.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=59687&page=1) members began kicking around ideas for how to build an all-magnet motor with no other motive force. "Overconfident" came up with the idea, and Nikolabackwards (code for his actual username that he requested to not appear here) ended up building a prototype with some variations of his own, then shot a video showing acceleration of the device. Ironically, he doesn't seem to appreciate what he's accomplished and calls it an "artifact". That video was posted publicly at YouTube on Jan. 4, 2008.
After Al gives it a kick start, and gets one of the stator magnet in sync in counter-gear-wise direction, the motor accelerates to 1700 rpm, at which time the secondary magnet spins at 4200 rpm. Then, when Al manually stops two of the three stator magnets, the assembly accelerates further (stator magnet goes to around 5,000 rpm, as measured by an optical tachometer). He later did a duration test, and it ran continuously for more than seven hours, at which time he stopped it because he had to go to bed. Update May, 04: Alsetalokin says: "No, I haven't done any more long runs, the seven-hour plus run already reported is the longest. Theoretical considerations predict that 9-10 hours is the maximum to be expected, before some regenerative process must take place." [2] (http://fizzx.com/viewtopic.php?t=343&start=23)
- "It spins, we don't know why." -- Nikolabackwards (Jan. 6, 2008) [3] (http://www.steorn.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=59687&page=10#Item_43)
- "This is not a final product; it's only a bit odd 'anomaly' observed when trying different designs during construction." -- Yirkha (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Yirkha), who posted the video, Jan. 4, 2008.
Seeing Al's video, many people have embarked on replicating the effect. Sean CLaNZeR appears to have been the first, showing transient (~2 seconds) acceleration, using a modified magnet configuration. As of Feb. 3, 2008, six others have reported brief acceleration or maintenance of speed. On Feb. 3, Bruce_TPU posted two videos showing extended, gradual acceleration in a variant set-up.
On Jan. 18, 2008, after many requests for additional video footage, Al sent Overconfident a second video. This one shows the unit being disassembled, then being thrown in the trash. A couple of hours or so later, YouTube user, Eyepatchentertainmen posted a hilarious "Trailer" spoofing the whole saga.
We expect that additional replications will continue to emerge, documenting, characterizing, and improving on the effect, though the initial difficulty has put a damper on the enthusiasm that initially ensued after Al's first video was posted.
The design, apparently, is quite temperamental with very narrow tolerances. Not all the original specs are known because Al did not source things from catalogues, but basically used what was lying around in some cases, such as magnets.
- "My take is that this newly-discovered phenomenon will take many months to characterize and optimize into something truly useful and cost effective." -- Sterling D. Allan (Feb. 3, 2008)
Dan sejak kanaikan harga minyak ni, aku makin berminat untuk mengkaji camana nak hasilkan tenaga elektrik sendiri. Memang bolehla kalau pakai generator tu. Tapi kena pakai minyak gak untuk pusingkan dia punya turbin @ dinamo tuh. Aku dok cari sesuatu yang percuma dan boleh pusingkan dinamo tu 24 jam tak hanti2.
Sekarang ni dok kaji camana nak buat "magnetic motor". Idea tu dah ada dan aku dah buat kajian serta dah terjumpa memang ada orang kaji menda alah ni. Kalau menjadi, magnetic motor ni kita sambung pada dinamo tuh supaya dia boleh berputar 24 jam tanpa henti. Boleh la hasilkan tenaga elektrik percuma.
Masalah sekarang ni aku nak dapatkan bahan-bahan untuk menjayakan projek aku nih. Duit perntukkan pun satu lagi.... adush....
