[NewCandle] Death of Mr. Wizard

[Keith Nagel]

Hi Jones,

You make several good points. It is easy to mess up pulse
power measurement.

I think something important can be concluded from the numbers
I copied from the Vo. list, but you will have to work through
them to understand what that is. See if you get the same results.

>From what I could see the math features and resolution
of the scope were sufficient to make a reasonably accurate
measurement.

As you say, the self powering device is key; no one can
argue with that. As far as I know that is what they are
working on now.

>From discussions here with Terry and my own observation of 
scope shots of the driver ( as good as they are with the
problem I noted ) the driver was very inefficient. This
was something built by a subcontractor. Terry did a much
better engineering job on one, but I don't know if it
was actually used. Such is the nature of a group project;
Terry has my sympathies. I would need heavy sedation to
work in such an environment as he is working in now.

K.

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[mailto:newcandle-bounces at ipdiscover.com]On Behalf Of Jones Beene
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 8:12 AM
To: New energy for the new world.
Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Death of Mr. Wizard


Keith

> So Jones, how about those numbers. Did you work them through?
> Any comments?

You mean for EMILIE?

To be honest, I do not trust any pulse-power numbers which are not made 
with a dedicated power analyzer any more. It is too easy to fool oneself 
with RMS calculations. This is why EarthTech will not even comment on 
data made with anything else than their Clarke-Hess.

And also - this is why auto-rotation is so very important. No one can 
doubt self-power - and there is no good excuse for not having self-power 
with some of the numbers which can be guesstimated by what Terry 
indicated. This should be a massive magnetic field.

BTW - in any such "ramp" design, where there is a sticky point and a 
dedicated release magnet, I have made the contention before - and have 
yet to hear an effective counter-argument against it - that the release 
magnet, any release magnet, is a waste of time. They are all lossy.

If a properly designed flywheel will not provide the torque necessary 
for release, then NO electro-magnet has a chance. Almost any flywheel 
with a good thrust bearing will be 99% efficient, and I have yet to see 
any pulsed electromagnet which is close to that. Go figure.

Not to mention - if you believe in the "Aspden effect" and it does seem 
valid to a small degree, then the flywheel itself may be slightly OU in 
a differential sense. That is to say, even if the net COP is than one in 
total, as we all know to be true since there is friction and windage, 
yet when the RPM range is within in a prime torque range for that wheel, 
there could be a tiny differential leveling boost - say COP 1.01. This 
would be ideal in that application.

I could probably explain that better, given time.

Jones

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