Norman and all,
The Equilibrium Motor can be configured using two magneto's, one in repulsion and one in attraction. The present design excludes cores in the coils because they complicate the setup due to domains having to be reversed and the rotor magnet wanting to stick to the coil cores which complicates balancing the repulsion and attraction force and EMF forces. The air core design operates in a NEAR magneto way because the voltage/current stays stable during the rotor movement away from the locked rotor/stator and the air core coils act as permanent magnets because their strength stays constant through the rotor exit, no generator drag. One coil tries to act as a generator, the other as a motor, but any EMF they produce is cancelled by each other so the coils just act like permanent magnets due to the steady main voltage/current source. This source energy is recycled or used for other existing needs. The coils try but never are able to function like a generator, or the other like a motor. The mail power supply to a degree never knows what is going on with the rotor, it is kind of like a team of 1000 horses pulling in a straight line, one horse tries to slow down, the horse in front of him tries to speed up, and the total pull of the team stays the same through it all.
What is interesting to see is what happens when you take one of the coils out of the circuit and move the rotor away from the fixed magnet and watch the volt meter peg to one side. Then take the other out and put the first back in the circuit and see the same thing except the voltage is in the opposite direction. Now put the two back in the circuit and watch the meter needle stay almost still when you move the rotor away. They cancel each out, making the coils act like permanent magnets.
Butch
PS Please read the operation sequence on my site,
http://butchlafonte.50megs.com/

 

Stefan,
Are you offering to help finance the Equilibrium Motor prototype?
Butch

Stefan,
The pics have been on the web for years, I will get the address and post it.
I proved the basic emf cancelation theory with that motor but never could get the attraction sequence with the circuit open to work. That is when I started looking for different ways to do the attraction (work) cycle.
If you type in butch lafonte into google there are 25 or more Equilibrium Motor links and pictures of another test model also.
Butch

Remember the drag will be due to eddy currents from electricity flowing in the ferro-magnetic material and the reason they don't continue to flow forever is because of the resistance of the metal to current flow. The by-product of that resistance is heat, induction heating being one of the most efficient ways to electrically produce heat, you can say that this period of drag is the rotating magnets producing heat for heating purposes. If you think of it that way then it is not a loss but just more useful energy being produced by this machine. This is not practical but as a device to technically produce overunity then it serves a purpose. I think the first thing needed in this overunity quest is to technically prove to the world that overunity can be derived from magnetism.
I believe the sticky spot can be "tuned" out as it all but is in my balance fixture video.
I think the new crystalline materials will make the turning drag go down. Turning it very slow for overunity testing will help.
I'm very excited about the disk test fixture on the same page also.
I feel the cat is fixing to be out of the bag!

Stefan,
My video should be ready on my new web page tomorrow. It is on there now but aspect ratio is not correct for viewing.
It will show you how much energy is needed to get the rotor turned.
Butch
butchlafonte.com

I did not draw the 3/16" thick Teflon spacer between the two large disks in the Equilibrium device on my old web page. It keeps the disks from rubbing against each and acts as a bearing for the one disk to rotate on.
Thanks,
Butch