Gravity rotor

[Capiert]

 discusses a man named Aldo Costa

 who has constructed a ferris wheel

 with 256 (empty, & moveable) wine bottles,

 (middle in Paris).

 

The mechanism appears rather obvious (to me):

 the bottles on half of the wheel (vertically seen, left vs right)

 are (~10 cm) further out radially

 from the axle,

 than the other (half) side.

 

The bottles are pushed up

 at the top (most) & bottom (most parts)

 of the wheel's circumference

 using lever rods (at the bottom)

 & pivots (with guide at the stand's top).

 

Once moved (~10 cm up) each bottle (rotated) stays in position

 because their pivots

 (are not (ball) bearings

 but) have enough friction.

 

So the total torques

 on the left versus right side

 of the ferris wheel

 are not equal,

 & the wheel turns

 (due to more torque on 1 side).

 

I estimate the wheel could generate

 less than 1 kW

 if connected to a generator.

 

The wheel was jammed

 with a crowbar

 to prevent it from turning

 (when not in use).

 

The wheel also stops turning

 if 4 bottles were adjusted.

 

My question is: what is the (exact) reason why

 that wheel turns?

 

I'm NOT interested

 in Eric Krieg's (beliefs, nor) guesswork.

Their was no wind,

 & that thing turns day & night

 (with or) without sunlight.

There were no batteries, cables, chemicals nor pullies.

 

How do they get "10 tons" of steel to (constantly) rotate

 (against friction)?

 

Where exactly is (the hamster in the cage,

 &) the energy coming from?

(Conservation of energy: energy can not be created (nor destroyed).)

 

If you cannot debunk this (ferris wheel) with an exact answer,

 then I am left to conclude

 that the wheel functions

 as the inventor said,

 e.g. as I have explained above.

 

I.e. It is gravity powered.

 

Edited June 6, 2018 by Capiert

[Phi for All]

5 minutes ago, Capiert said:

I estimate the wheel could generate

 less than 1 kW

 if connected to a generator.

It was my understanding that the wheel stalls when this is attempted. Otherwise, Mr Costa would be demonstrating THAT.

[Capiert]

7 minutes ago, Phi for All said:

It was my understanding that the wheel stalls when this is attempted. Otherwise, Mr Costa would be demonstrating THAT.

I don't know. I didn't see that demonstration you mentioned. Do you have any link with time point?

Maybe I should have said, much less than 1 kW?

[Phi for All]

3 minutes ago, Capiert said:

I don't know. I didn't see that demonstration you mentioned. Do you have any link with time point?

There was no filmed demonstration, presumably because it didn't work. We had a thread some time ago on perpetual motion and he was mentioned. Somewhere on the web there's some correspondence where Costa admits his current machine failed, but swore a bigger one would work, only he wasn't being allowed to build it (which didn't make sense to me).

I like the crowbar bit. Very PT Barnum.

[swansont]

6 hours ago, Phi for All said:

 I like the crowbar bit. Very PT Barnum.

Or Monty Python. If there was no crowbar, it would muscle up to the cage and VOOM!

[Capiert]

On 6 June 2018 at 5:15 AM, Phi for All said:

There was no filmed demonstration, presumably because it didn't work. We had a thread some time ago on perpetual motion and he was mentioned. Somewhere on the web there's some correspondence where Costa admits his current machine failed, but swore a bigger one would work, only he wasn't being allowed to build it (which didn't make sense to me).

I like the crowbar bit. Very PT Barnum.

PT=?

Sorry, rumours don't interest me either

 (unless they can be backed up, & traced).

I.e. That still did NOT answer my (debunk) question:

What makes that "10 Tons" constantly turn?

Edited August 17, 2018 by Capiert

[swansont]

12 hours ago, Capiert said:

PT=?

Phineas Taylor

12 hours ago, Capiert said:

What makes that "10 Tons" constantly turn?

A hidden mechanism. A cheat.

[Strange]

13 hours ago, Capiert said:

(unless they can be backed up, & traced).

The fake perpetual motion machine isn't backed up by anything except a fake video.

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What makes that "10 Tons" constantly turn?

Magic. Or invisible pink unicorns. 

Edited August 17, 2018 by Strange

[koti]

What I don’t understand is people looking at obviously uselees ways of finding energy when there are virtually infinite (st least for practical reasons) sources of energy like solar and hydrogen right at our fingertips to use.

[Strange]

3 minutes ago, koti said:

What I don’t understand is people looking at obviously uselees ways of finding energy when there are virtually infinite (st least for practical reasons) sources of energy like solar and hydrogen right at our fingertips to use.

I guess you mean "hydroelectric" rather than hydrogen? Or are you thinking of that back-yard fusion reactor...

What I don't understand is why some people will credulously accept fraudulent claims about "free energy" and then reject (on the basis of "reasonable scepticism") scientific explanations of why they won't work.

Edited August 17, 2018 by Strange

[koti]

16 minutes ago, Strange said:

... back-yard fusion reactor...

I’m not telling, its a secret

Yes, I meant hydroelectric, sory for the con(fusion). We don’t even need that though, harvesting 1 second of the sun’s energy output would power the US for 9 million years. We have a free and (practically) endless power source right in our own back yard. 

16 minutes ago, Strange said:

What I don't understand is why some people will credulously accept fraudulent claims about "free energy" and then reject (on the basis of "reasonable scepticism") scientific explanations of why they won't work.

I understand the reasons why but I’m having a hard time accepting them. I came across one of those riddles on social media the other day (posting it below) and I would estimate that out of thousands of people, not more than 15%-20% of people got the answer right. Most answer $10 or $0 but you also get a lot answers like $30 or $50. This is truly scary.

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by koti

[Capiert]

On ‎2018‎ ‎08‎ ‎17 at 3:56 PM, swansont said:

Phineas Taylor

Thank you.

Quote

A hidden mechanism. A cheat.

Sorry, that still didn't answer my question.

I.e. What is the mechanism?

Independent if hidden or not.

On ‎2018‎ ‎08‎ ‎17 at 4:14 PM, Strange said:

The fake perpetual motion machine isn't backed up by anything except a fake video.

I didn't ask whether it was fake or not.

Quote

Magic. Or invisible pink unicorns. 

Sorry, that also didn't answer my question.

On ‎2018‎ ‎08‎ ‎17 at 4:38 PM, koti said:

What I don’t understand is people looking at obviously useless ways of finding energy when there are virtually infinite (at least for practical reasons) sources of energy like solar and hydrogen right at our fingertips to use.

Yes, it seems the people at this forum do not understand (my question).

Sorry, that did not answer my question.

Edited August 19, 2018 by Capiert

[Strange]

12 minutes ago, Capiert said:

I.e. What is the mechanism?

It is hidden so how can we know?

Why not contact the person who created the video, politely point out that you know they are a fraud and ask if they would eb willing to explain how it was done.

Good luck.

[Capiert]

Just now, Strange said:

It is hidden so how can we know?

If the device is disassembled

 & no hidden mechanism is found

 then your assumed guess is useless.

Just now, Strange said:

Why not contact the person who created the video, politely point out that you know they are a fraud

Why should I do something like that

 & lie, doing something that I am not convinced of?

Just now, Strange said:

and ask if they would be willing to explain how it was done.

Your idea is perhaps not new,

 but nobody has succeeded

 (to report the exact mechanism,

 as far as I can see).

Just now, Strange said:

Good luck.

Thanks, but if it is so easy as you say,

 then surely you will have more success than me.

Sorry, that has (also) not answered my question.

(I've stated how it functions

 if the exact mechanism is not otherwise declared.)