"Free force" and the Finsrud oscillator

[Wilmot McCutchen]

Today in the Speculations forum (http://www.sciencefo...-go-on-forever/) I heard for the first time about Reidar Finsrud's machine. It is not perpetual motion, let alone free energy, but a machine said to have 99% efficiency. After 3 days in operation, it lost only 1/25 of a second so it appears to be harvesting energy from somewhere to offset friction and air resistance. For more details, and a video, check out that post and http://peswiki.com/i...erpetuum_Mobile

 

The machine has been known since 1996 so I assume it might be known to some members of this forum. Finsrud calls the prime mover a "free force." The mechanism comprises a wobbling ball race connected to a "chaos pendulum." Has anyone worked on this?

 

Sorry about the misspelling of Finsrud in the title of this post -- I couldn't figure out how to edit that.

Edited September 30, 2012 by Wilmot McCutchen

[swansont]

Sorry about the misspelling of Finsrud in the title of this post -- I couldn't figure out how to edit that.

Fixed.