When the washer is picked up by the string, the first thing that happens is the string un-winds. The string eventually un-winds past its relaxed state and starts to slow down. It then stops and starts to spin in the opposite direction to get back to its natural twist. Then keeps going. Try attaching the string to a solid object, you'll see it will act the same way. The reason it moves around the X, the washers spin gets unballanced. I want to see your motor spin without the angled fins, this way heat rising would not play a part.
What a fucking bonus piece of shit at the end,because just when i tout that he succeeded to make the motor run very slowly on it’s own,but then he put candles on the motor to head things up to cause it to spin,man i went mad after seeing that making me feeling sooo misleaded,GGGGRRR😡
Instead of fixing the string to the support, instead place astyrofoam ring in a ring shaped trough of water and cross two sticks across the top of the styrofoam ring. Tie the string to the center of the crossed sticks and drop the string down through the doughnut hole and attach to the diamagnet rotor. It can never wind up the string this way.
I watched your videos with great interest. For the most part your ideas can be explained easily. FIRST: The spin you're seeing in both directions is caused by the strings twist unwinding and then rewinding as the inertia of the weighted (washer) suspended object eventually diminishes to equilibrium. If a monofilament fiber is used, the rotation will not begin until an unbalanced force causes an imbalance in the magnetic field. It too will eventually cease to twist when it is at equilibrium. SECOND: You're not taking into account the strength of the earth's magnetic field strength, which is considerable. Compass needles try to align with the earth's magnetic flux lines. The stronger the magnet you're using, the stronger the attempt to align. However, other distortions may cause interference as well. The sunrise will cause the compass needle to deflect in the sun's direction, possibly because of electromagnetic effects in the ionosphere when sunlight hits the rarified gasses at the altitude of the Aurora Borealis. THIRD: Take yourself out of the equation. Imbalanced magnetic fields have been played with forever by the smartest scientific minds around. Tesla, Einstein, Faraday. Free energy stuff has tried to use magnets forever. HOWEVER, check out the Methernitha Testatica machine in Switzerland. Free energy for real? Maybe, you judge!
Nice build .Did you know that you can use a fishing line snap swivel to release tension on the string so it wont over wind?It may continue to run in the same direction...with no drag from the string.
Funny thing you mentioned the snap swivels. That's what I'm using in my experiments. I'm using shields made up of six Ball canning jar lids glued together and the short stack trimmed to size. They shield two OPPOSING rare earth magnets, neutralizing the repelling force. Moving the shields out of that way just in time to make the repelling force active again. What do you think. Stay in touch.
Substitute the string with small balsa rod with needle attached to the top of the rod. Affix neo magnet to aluminum frame so the rotor is suspended from magnet via the needle. This creates a very low friction bearing. Hopefully this method will still allow rotor to turn and at the same time stop the trolls from saying the string has been pre wound. Your years of determination to achieve rotation with magnets is to be commended. I for one have watched and learned a great deal. Keep up the good work.
Thank you. I was working on doing something like that last night, but the neodymium magnet wasn't able to hold the weight of the rotor by the needle. I'm working on it though.
Nice! I really like the effort you put into trying different designs and graphically adding explanations on what the fields are doing. Keep at it. Have you tried using Bismuth in your designs? I play with it a lot and trying to create a better shield/reflector and this video of yours showing the different combinations you tried has inspired me to tackle the problem again. Thank you for sharing. Good luck to ya.
Place 15 halbach (N oriented to axis) stationary magnets in a circle. (15x24=360) Mount them diagonally in a slot. (Slot is for the Guass adjustment on each one.) Position two more Halbach arrayed on a rotor like a windmill having each one 180 degrees. But because two won't go into fifteen, the spinning magnets cannot cancel each other out! They will "fire" alternately as they move around Magnet-henge. Put some weight on it to give it the "oomph" it needs to pass any South influence' which hopefully will be nil. To accelerate, simply turn tthe stationary circle of 15. Since all the poles are North, this Repulsion Motor should work. I hope I've described it well enough. Thank you
1. do a nul-measurement: same setup only no diamagnetic blades: effect should be gone. 2. try suspending the disk by floating. keep it centered with a very small magnet in the rotation axis: effect should still be there.
try a clear dome of plastic on top if the moving assembly and support it through the center on a hard pointed toothpick - position the dome to find the center of gravity - attach the toothpick to the plastic base in the center of the non-moving assembly thru the hole you will need to drill in the moving assembly - you will end up with a view-able make-shift bearing if you can find a clear dome
I think you're on the right track the the windmill thoughts. I just think we need to take it full on sacred geometry. Arrange the magnets in 3 dimensions on two donuts. In the wave form patterns of the Rodin Toroid Vortices. We need phi in order to have the proper forces at play. Simple little miter angles and bevel angles will certainly guide the way from perpendicular angles, but phi is more dynamic.
yes the mind has power that is indefinable currently. That said, we did put our collective effort into understanding magnets and your inability to hold a string straight has nothing to do with that science. magnets always rotate because in a stable alignment there are still only 2 strong poles regardless of how many magnets you use and the fall away from balance encourages rotative pressure in an effort to meet with the other pole. (Heat is an expendable force btw no different than you slightly moving your fingers.) edit: even electrons release "spin" despite them not actually physically spinning to our perception without added force. 2x that of the force applied even. You moving through air is nothing more than a demonstrative effect of magnetic attraction, as you move forward pressure builds behind you and your muscles impart power to move you through it.
This is a really cool design! You have a very passionate spirit for this and you should! This would be really cool to use this to wind a clock. Also, what if this design were used not to make energy, but to keep it! With the propert of spinning up and then stopping, you could store that enrgy until you need it. Then you pull the magnets down from disk and use that stored energy as it unwinds. I would love to see this design with a bit more weight on the disk. This being said, i havent seen your next video, but i am about to!
With a balanced rotor, put a dimple in the top and bottom of it at dead center. Then vertically from the bottom use an aluminum knitting needle with a slightly rounded tip. The from the top, do the same with the tip facing down. A little silicone spray on the tips to lube. With nearly no force on the top needle and just the weight of the rotor on the bottom, it should spin freely. For even less friction, you could use a piece of Teflon at the bearing points or MDS plastic.
A magnetic barring would be the best bet graphite in the middle on top and bottom of the disc and a magnet below and on top to suspended the disk. But you need to add a em component to the motor or it will stop no matter what material you use. This is because when the material use to propell the motor reaches a sufficient speed it creates it's own em filed that interfere with the solid state magnets.
Not to be a party pooper, but the washer at the end of the thread is spinning in one direction and then the other because gravity pulls on the thread, causing it to unwind (thread being made of twisted strands -- look at it through a loupe!) After the thread has been fully "unwound" inertia causes the washer to continue spinning, _winding_ the thread in the opposite direction. Back and forth, until you run out of inertia, and end up with a washer hanging at the end of an unwound thread. It has nothing to do with mental waves, electrical impulses, dark energy, or anything other than a thread untwisting under the force of gravity.
Nice, try to put a swivel on the string, or let the string hang from a sewing needle, and then the tip can be put against a strong magnet. You can also place a small magnet at the eye of the needle, to get greater adhesion force. Or tying the cord in an elongated magnet, so that it hangs at an angle, so that only a single corner will touch the magnet which is fixed above it. You can also lubricate the contact surface with silicone for less friction :-)
By the way. If your not shore whether or not your finger is affecting it. Why not just put the wheel part on a shaft that is magnetically levitated. That way you can have it suspended in the air and see it rotating. Like you pointed out, if it stops than the design isnt perfected.
I think that stability in the levitated apparatus needs to be achieved, then controlling the spin would be the most obvious next step. You could still use low powered electromagnets with capacitor input so long as the output will be greater over time as the initial input.
my gut feelings, you sound honest and have explained how it works, so no reason to disbelieve... i love your videos. keep going.... you are almost there..almost there.... YES... may Allah guide you.
you could attach a sculpting wheel or maybe with a small ball bearing wheel to make it spin longer while attaching to something more sturdy, making a single moving part
Try using monfilament fishing string, you will not get the same effect. Or try mounting on ruby watch bearing and axle. Or unwind the string your using, then use a drill to rewind it in the opposite direction. You will see that it will not spin as freely. If it does, then congratulations, you've just defied the laws of physics and have saved the world... not to say that its impossible, but the chances are... keep up the great work, it makes a difference.
make sure the piece of paper clip e bearing is hanging on is as big enough to keep the bearing and rotor from falling off but small enough not to be able to get caught on the other chunksa paper clip attaching the external ring of the bearing to the rotor. this should make it be able to keep spinning. its pretty cool your working with diamagnetism I haven't seen anyone use it yet.
Done the object on string experiment before. It's a documented phenomenon. By imagining the object on the string moving, you are inducing very subtle movements in your own body that cause the object to move. If you tie the string up to a stationary mount and try the same thing, nothing will happen.
I believe you answered your question related to the string issue. You need to float your polyethylene and aluminum rotor in a pool of water and let it float with a nail as a guide.
Thanks. I was just having a conversation with someone about the washer experiment the other day. He didn't think it was real. Obviously, he hadn't tried it.
Instead of hanging from a string, float it in water in a flat based bowl above the base magnets,less resistance and no bearings plus once the water is turning in the bowl it should provide mechanical assist.
Offshore Angler Extreme Stainless Steel Barrel Swivels add to the top of the string - cheap/effective/low resistance. Used them on several "proofs" work great if you already have balanced the wheel.
try using the play head from an VCR...the chrome looking bit inside. best thing ive found that is precise and fluid. its also a motor and can be used for other things. seems to spin forever
6:24 - Suspend the string on a wooden structure to keep it in place, and place another large rotary above it, and see if it creates a field between them that forces it to spin?
Totally intriguing video! I love it. Instead of a string, please next time use a magnetic suspension bearing. I mean two steel ball bearings, between them just enough magnetism to carry the weight of the spinning wheel.
I really can't see why it wouldn't be a great option for your project. Have you seen this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_STnL0U9PyQ.html
Thanks MotionMagnetics, it's clear that 2 different test cases were given in the video. Unfortunately you changed 2 variables (1 - string held by hand then support frame, 2 - no candles, then candles added) between demos so the logic is flawed. The correct data will emerge only if you video the string/diamagnetic rotor in suspension from a static frame, untwisted and still, after which the lower magnet assy should be slid slowly and carefully into position. If your claims hold true then the rotor will spin many many times, until equilibrium torque is established. This is the video you need to publish! Otherwise it's quackery. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, simply offering suggestions to improve the SNR, which is an ongoing UTube problem.
I initially shot the footage with the rotor spinning between the candles, and then extinguished the candles, to show that it spun regardless. I ended up cutting around 7 minutes of footage from the video though, as I was concerned about the runtime. Not everyone on RU-vid has a long attention span. I'm working on a replacement for the string, to make a better presentation. Thanks for the comment.
Interesting approach, and great video. It seems to me that diamagnetic materials react most strongly when the applied field is moving. When the string winds up, all motion stops, and induced magnetic forces drop to zero. It should eventually unwind. A more interesting question is... would it turn forever, and can it be amplified?
You are moving the object hanging by the string. Hang the disc from a stationary point (Not you) place the magnet assembly in position and stop the motion of the disc from putting the assembly in place and they will magnetically stay locked. Know why? That invisibly magnetic force is not moving! That's why you don't have to keep adding shavings. they are suspended.
Hi, my name is Maxfield Sohn. I don't make RU-vid videos but I just wanted to say that you really put a lot of passion into what you do so thank you for your uploads! Also If I ever design a working magnet motor, you can share the credit even if I don't use any of your ideas to make it work.
Maybe instead of the string attach a metal stick to a ball bearing. It will still have friction but it looks like it may still spin. Keep it up! Good stuff!
I previously tried to find how I could comment here. I had a similar idea. As the string twists, it gradually produces enough tension to allow a release into the bearing. That would receive the tension and not cause the stoppage of overwound string.
could be string wind or unwind but if it is true then it proves a point that quantum energy can be harnessed for clean power. it would be worth looking into doing this in a solid state concept
Why not attache the string in the center of a thrust bearing so if the string winds up tight and creates enough force to overcome the friction of the bearing it will continue to move..
Keep the string tie a needle to the end of the string and put the point of the needle against a magnet the friction should be low enough that the needle could rotate if it is strong enough to hold wheel.
If you have bismuth you could try diamagneticly suspending the rig. NightHalkinLight has a great tutorial on DIY adjustable bismuth levitator. Perhaps that could reduce friction substantially and prevent the winding problem. You may have to install some precautionary measures against "Eddy Curants" around the center wear this near frictionless magnetic axel would be installed.
Why not just hang the string from a stand? Why hold it and introduce this, weak, mind power shit? I'm open minded but this is dumb. I was optimistic for this channel; too bad.
try a clear dome of plastic on top if the moving assembly and support it through the center on a hard pointed toothpick - position the dome to find the center of gravity - attach the toothpick to the plastic base in the center of the non-moving assembly thru the hole you will need to drill in the moving assembly - you will end up with a view-able make-shift bearing if you can find a clear dome
lol why even recommend it when clearly just suspending a rotor from a string wouldn't allow it to spin in one direction for any long period of time. Unless it's magic string of course.
Put the string through a bearing assembly so that it could spin freely. Then, if it spins forever, you know you have something. Also, you should demo this without the candles.
I thought that showing it spinning without the candles in the earlier part of the video would suffice. Regardless, when I extinguished the candles, it continued spinning. I would have left that portion in the video, had I realized how many people would think the candles could be causing it to spin.
It is obvious that the repulsion by the pyro graphite is real. Though it does not show winding to the end it would because it is not slipping like a bearing and it will wind up and stop. Then reversing direction/unwinding would occur but be restrained how much it unwinds. When the force driving it to turn matches the force unwinding it the whole apparatus will stop. If the magnets were lowered and driving force stopped being a driving force then the string would unwind until it wound up in the opposite direction then reverse then reverse then reverse until the stored energy in the string relaxed to a non spinning state. Sure the force is minimal here but it proves valid especially with no flicker of the candle light. Well done. I will point out that the device is not perpetual but would operate until the magnets weakened to not have enough energy to twist the string at all - at least a few hundred years, lol. Perpetual is a word that means forever. Nothing lasts forever, not even the magnetic field of a permanent magnet/nor man made.
Hey man i appreciate the videos. The opening statements about the washer are misleading and confusing. I think you might want to edit the material so that you might get your point across more clearly. Thanks
if it sat on a centered journal bearing instead of hung from a string you may have a little more luck the two centers may need two slightly repel each other just two maintain proper distance between the feilds
Nice presentation. I wanted to built something similar. (Dia-magnetic vs Para magnetic) Nice build. Did you try bearings though. Rather than string. It would be interesting if you could overcome the resistance to start. Perhaps a magnetic bearing ??? As long as the magnetic bearing doesn't effect the rotor. Just a thought
get yourself a nice ABEC 7 skateboard wheel bearing, pull the string through it and tie it to a chopped of lil chunka paper clip so that it hangs the bearing and glue the outer ring f the bearing to a couple chunksa paper clip and glue those to the rotor :P
Ok, I'm not sure I followed the washer on a string example. Lets see the washer without any stored energy, from being twisted before hand, or motionless, before you start moving it with your mind. Why not just hang the wheel from a tripod to eliminate movement from you holding it? Watched to the end and not sure why you even discussed holding with your hand.
Thanks. I filmed it for about 10 minutes and had already shut the camera off before it stopped spinning. I wasn't sure if people would sit and watch it spinning for that long, and I didn't know how long it would actually spin, at the time I filmed it. I'm working on a new set up for the rotor. If I come up with an alternate method that I'm satisfied with, rather than hanging it from the sting, I'll post it.
I like magnetic inventions and experiments but the thing with that washer, i think the reason of it changing the direccion is misplaced, it can come from the string it self.
The visual impression is fine but extraordinary claims do need extraordinary evidence. Good data usually emerges when variables are eliminated, or controlled, or at least understood. There was no scientific reason to add the tea candles into the demo. In fact there are 2 very good reasons why the candles should not be there: (I) they degrade the video; (ii) they create updraft which will spin the rotor exactly as shown! With such tiny forces it's important to eliminate the effect of air currents but this video intentionally adds them! Bad Science!
I'm aware of that. However, the first thing that is usually suggested when someone posts a video of a supposed working magnetic motor, is that the uploader place a candle by the device to prove they're not using an air hose to rotate the device. That's why I showed it rotating without the candles, in the first part of the video, and with the candles in the last part. To show that the candles that are causing the rotation.
Motionmagnetics hi, keep doing your work, you have a good heart because I know the implications of the cause you're working for. You are open to input, I can hear that in your replies. This sets you apart from scammers. If your intention was to show evidence of a working magnet motor, I'm sorry to say that it is not convincing. You need to isolate your claimed phenomenon. Try: - put in vaccuum chamber - put in dark chamber, blocking radiation - think on how to limit temperature gradients of the enclosing chamber - show measurements of ouput/input power, graphs of speed vs time - control test that shows that it can not work if one magnet is removed - use a hinge that doesn't wind up like a spring - don't use candles to prove there's no wind, just put in vaccuum and prove the vaccuum is real by having some object move in it, track its path and show with a calculation that in air it would be different. Drop a feather, or something better that has typical visible characteristic in air. - put in faraday cage - run it for a month and film it consecutively - make the video authentic such that it would be improbable to fake it with CGI: use a time stamp counter that shows in the video, a random number generator, and display some secret sequences of numbers that third parties provide to you that refresh every millisecond in the video via livestream. These secret numbers have to be projected on the objects your filming in such a way that it would be hard to fake when they're provided to you in realtime by these parties (there exists live CGI these days so you're up against that). The numbers have to be verified later and they have to put a note of validation on their own websites. Immediately send the video to parties. This method would atleast prove that you would have no time to edit the video manually. But this doesn't stop live editing algorithms being suspect. This is the tip of the iceberg for a video... A tiny tip.... Let alone a scientific paper.. With a paper you would probably have third party replication as best evidence, but in case you continue the 'video as evidence' path.. Consider upping your evidence. I'm just an idea person. Good luck.
Proof of concept jerry rigged rough draft. Your expectations are a bit mutch for a prototype. Vacuum Chamber? Yeah that's affordable not at all a waste when one could simply enclose the motor in a container even a faraday cage if he wanted to do a taboo double experiment. Even if it does not work in a vacuum but does work when enclosed, it would pretty much serve an identical function (to weakly spin) all be it, only in place with air which isn't much of a limitation hear on planet earth. The light thing is fare but kind of pointless since it is seen working within dim light, so it could still generate in very easy to find light conditions (this would still not change the fact the mechanism is powered by diamagnetism because the diamagnetic pyrolytic graphite is still playing an essential role in the design). There is no swiveling spotlight either; but I see what your getting at pyrolytic graphite does produce rotational when reacting with focused/uneven light. It could be hard to film the thing working if completely enclosed from radiation and shrouded in complete darkness ;P Temperature ok simple and cheap just throw it in the freezer or something for the other extreme. This would effectively test weather or not this is an easier to make sterling engine. Could still be useful and assuming one cant just replace pyrolytic graphite with some normal material like wood, it would still faction as advertised (a diamagnetic motor) all be it with varying temperature gradients being needed. Record for a month strait and upload it? How? it takes long enough to upload a ten minute vid let alone a month worth of footage are you mad? I think the only way to satisfy these "skeptics" who don't try things for themselves is to give a live demonstration in real life. Live stream for an hour is enough to get the point... a month... no need for hyperboly in science! The rest is unnecessary if one cant replicate his work but to do that someone has to try it themselves. We don't need the bystander effect muddying up progress any more than it does. Scientific Journals don't even do this conspiracy tin foil random number BS. Come on. they say "here is what I done? Here is what I think about it any one disagree with their own findings?". And then usually someone else tries it and through independent experimentation the magic of discovery happens gradually. This is what Motionmagnetics does because no one man can think of every variable and afford to experiment with them! Be patient unless your willing to experiment for yourself; in which case good job for being proactive. This last few sentences are not directed to you necessary but the unwinding string DEBUNKED! HA GOTEM! hypothesis is dumb. The string cant unwind when constant pleasure is being applied like in the case of the motor. To unwind the wound string must be "let go"/ the tension released. THIS MOTOR SEEMINGLY DOES NOT DO THAT IT CONTINOUSLY APLIES FORCE IN A DIRECTION. The string does not appear fast enough or lose enough to be simply unwinding. If so that is a very interesting string for being so thin being it would have to be consciously be unwinding for a min strait at a constant rate like seen in the vid. I still would ideally prefer Motion magnetics to these experiments but realistically I expect all of y'all to be doing them as well and not shaming him for a quick proof of concept rouph draft proposal of how it works type vid is unnecessary and asshole-ish.
Brandon Sams if their experiment is in a journal then yes, you wouldn't need secret random numbers verified by third party. You would have replication as your evidence. But because it is a video, you better make sure it is authentic, because as we should all realize is that anything can be faked with simple tricks. Plus there's all the scammer vids. I know it sucks, but you have to partly fix the bad name of the field due to the scammers. But even besides the scammers, the video evidence can still be improved. So you have to create these unusual constructs that are embedded in the film and can be verified. It is prerecorded, but this has the same effect as your live stream idea, but with added benefit of: 1) the experimenter being able to retake the video in case of failure (you really don't want a live failed demo, this would do more damage to the public opinion) 2) more authenticity. About video length, ever heard of fast forwarding and data hash? You upload a sped up version of the running device but make sure each frame has not lost data about the random numbers, then you give the viewer the hash of the sped up video part which they should check with the third party. The experiment has to be in vacuum. There's so many phenomena that could interfer when left in air.... Besides, this is about isolating tiny magnetic phenomena so leaving air in is bad. I don't get your string comment. Are you for or against using string?
I am so impressed...if you have time could you place a round plastic water pan under the bottom of the rotor...fill it with water...float the rotor on the water under some Styrofoam...place opposing magnets on side of water pan and on rotor...should now spin for longer time...
Thanks. I'm not sure I could do that, without completely changing the way the stator assembly is set up. I'm working on something different, to replace the string on the rotor. That was really just the preliminary method I used to test the initial set up.
@@Motionmagnetics I was thinking a bearing. Put string or fishing line through a cone so that the string or line goes in the large end of the cone and comes out the tip. So a funnel. Be sure the end of string or line has a big enough knot that it wont come out the hole. Place the set up through a inner race of bearing, the big end of the cone/funnel will wedge itself in place and now you have a rotating centre race that the setup can freely rotate on while you fasten the outer race in what ever you please.. Hope that helped. Feel free to subscribe. Im going to be posting videos soon enough. Keep doing great things!!
Very good explaining the unintentionally added human factor. But why not just hang the "stator" from a frame made of some insulating material, or use the ceiling? Just wondering.
Yup, sorry my late hour bad. I skipped the end ( My bad # 2 ) I would have used a known insulator like wood or flakeboard and a string that was known insulator, unless you believe in the quantum physical world ( which I'm trying to get into ) that wood can be magnetically polarized. I make more sense when I/m awake. : -)
I didn't try it that way. There were two reasons I left the gap. The way the magnets lined up to the circumference of the circle, it would have required a larger circle if I wanted to continue the North to South arrangements I used. So I would have had two north or two south magnets in a row. The biggest reason I left the gap in the magnets though, was because I noticed in a lot of my builds that you need to break the symmetry to induce proper movement.
I think its great that you’re doing experiments. But you always have a problem when you rotate things from a string. If you take a ring about 1 ½ inches to 2 inch diameter and suspend it from a string it will rotate counter clockwise. This is for the same reason when you pull the plug out of a bath tube the water whirl pool funnel will rotate counter clockwise. This is caused by the rotation of the earth in the northern hemisphere. In suspending a rotor from a string I have taped the string to a bar like magnet then took small ball bearings and connected that to the other end of the bar magnet. Then the ball bearings were attracted to a piece of Ferris metal at the top. The result was as frictionless motion rotation as I was able to achieve. So this might be another thing you could try. I to have had idea’s for a diamagnetic motor but have to many other things I want to build to do the experiments. I wish you luck on yours and will post one of my ideas if you’re interested in checking it out. Just type in Mike Dibell on face book and you can see the drawing. Don’t give up keep doing your experiments.
Thanks. If you suspend a washer from a string, you'll see the results I featured in the video. There are quite a few people who have never tried it, and they always act surprised when they write me to tell me it worked exactly the way I described. It's better to use a washer that's about 1/2 inch in diameter. That's partly why it doesn't work as quickly as it should have in the video. I took a look at your facebook page. You have several really interesting designs. I hope you keep at it and build more models. I'd love to see to see one of your ideas if you post it. You keep at it as well. Do great things!
Why not trying replacing that rope with a rotatible pipe, maybe those magnets can then finally overcome that string problem and should rotate forever or untill those metals will get frigle caused by heat & friction.
I thought of that when I first put this together, but the air would have to be sealed around the device, for it to function the way the radiometer does.
No, certainly not. As you yourself demonstrate, pyrolytic graphite is repelled quite strongly by magnetic objects. I do not think the rotation will stop if you added the missing magnet to the hole below. It may be that the magnetic currents hit the graphite at an angle and then pushed to the side like a wind turbine, as you say. Think about Young's Double Slit Experiment in the period around 1805.
No, I agree, but it was the only option that was left, if not all of his layout was a bad joke. What it is. It is sad that he criticizes other people's fake arrangements, and so tries to surpass them.
