From Bob's website:

"We are preparing for phase 1 of our project and are going to be offering a private showing of the first functioning gravity machine at a secure location later this year, we are asking that only serious investors apply to receive an invitation to come to this special public showing to investors only. This machine represents years of work and planning. This is the only true solution for living in a symbiotic relationship with each other, while helping all the energy needs the world requires at no expense to the environment. We will begin reviewing the applications the 15th of November."

Regards,
Charlie
 

Sounds great Bob

IF it works as described: you will never see it... Bob is acting like EVERY OTHER INVENTOR - is hiding his blueprints and hoping to get rich. If it works he will be silenced. I am trying to say over and over again: discovered something: go public. There are quite a few free energy discoveries or inventions WE HAVE YET TO SEE ONE PUBLIC!!

Dont you all familiar with old formula yet (its been proven 100%)?  Here it is:  inventor is hiding invention by hopes to be millionaire - inventor is supressed and silenced. Invention is lost for public....

Prove me wrong please! 


People have to start thinking.  (

You need to go read Open Source Vs Patenting and go to the end.
http://www.overunity.com/index.php?topic=1821.0

I also tend to agree with some of the comments made here but why don't we give Bob the benefit of the doubt.
If nothing materializes by the end of the year or so, we can just add his machine to the long list of other inventions that simply disappeared.
However, I don't think this will be the case.

Regards,
Charlie

Bob's Home page states;

This engine is a self sustaining gravity powered unit. It produces all the

energy needed to run a generator large enough to provide power for

all the hydro and heat needed for your home. This Patent Pending system


If a Patent is pending then he has legal rights wrapped up!  doe anyone have the patent pending application No.?

Ralph Lortie

@All,

Just wanted to pass on some attempts and new challenges.

The Cam picture shows my combo cam/act arm on the base of the unit as previously shown in the test bed.

The Cam follower and lift lever shows the new levers to follow the cam and move the weight boxes.

The Cheap wood splitter is what happens when you use pine in the wrong grain direction due to trash pile wood availability. After this I switched to plywood after Charlie scolding me 

After these challenges I noticed that a separate Cam and Act arm had more rotation. So you can see the Act arm on right side of the unit in the Front of unit pic. At this point the combo cam has been cut short so that it only does the first 4" of lift on the weight boxes.

The Momentum box on back at the edge of the unit is where I can add 1 to 4 lbs of weight slug if needed.

The Roller on actuator arm is a close up of the actuator arm. It is connected to a hinge with a piece of shock absorbing material underneath. The area below that keeps the unit at full height from 12:20 to 2:30.

The Roller on aluminum cladding of cam shows where I added an aluminum cladding to the cam because the rollers were indenting the hard wood cam surface.

I have been doing testing with the Irwin clamp and bungee cords preloaded per Bob statement. My challenge is that the release of the clamps shoots the rollers out of sync and causes a arm to cam or act arm slam when starting with a slight push per Bob.

If I give it a firm push there is not a slam but can only get thru a little short of two power lift cycles.


Regards, Larry

   

 

 

@ Larry:

Nice job there.  That is obviously a lot of work you have put into that.  The construction looks excellent.  I hope you can get it to work.

Bill

Thanks, Bill. This is the first unit that has held together and runs smoothly. It has many of the specifications that Bob mentioned. A cam and actuator arm. A lifting lever that is 2.5 inch to center and 10 pass. And the levers come around the center to lift the weight boxes. 

I have been trying many variables of weights in the boxes and in the momentum storage area and various bungee strengths. But haven't found the right combo to get it to accelerate. The bungee saved energy does reduce the loss of rpm as the first 4 inch of lift occurs. However, it does not add any rotation speed increase and I think that is whats needed to get to the minimum rpm that will maintain the CF sling capture and rotation. On my unit with both bungees loaded the first pass is fine, but the second gets hung up at the end while trying to reload the first bungee.

When I first started this project, I stated that I hoped the air shocks in the center were not needed as I didn't have the equipment to create that setup.

I realized today that the captured energy in the cylinder from the air shocks could also be released at the appropriate point to speed up the rotation to maintain the CF slams. There seems to be much more plumbing then needed in Bob's machine, just to be for CF slam absorption.

So, I still believe that Bob's unit works, but mine will not work unless I can add a similar speed up mechanism. Not sure how, but will think about it and any help would be appreciated. Especially from silent Bob.

Regards, Larry