maybe see the french-section:

http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,2534.0.html

cannot say anything about it, because i cannot read french

@all,

does this idea have merrit?  i think it does!!  i just went back and found on the second page of gravity devices,  "the living energy machine"  remember that?  man that thing would fly!  this looks kind of like that only verticle with an outer ring.  that might be interesting, when you think about it.  the biggest question i have in my mind is, how does the outer ring actually move?  and if it doesn't, is only extra friction for no reason.  everyone take a look and let's see if we can establish a way to make this baby roll.

lol
sam

ps: check out the video on youtube.

My 2 cents Imgoingnuts ...

Any over-balanced wheel is a more mechanically complex version of a simple pendulum rod & bob.

Over-balance wheels & pendulums have a lot in common - they start in balance [CoG/CoM directly below the axle which is the usually the Center of Rotation] where they have zero torque & then must be 'manually repositioned' into a state where they are Out Of Balance [OOB] & have some torque - after release they must be able to move & in doing so they loose some of their Potential Energy from vertical height they started with - their CoG/CoM moves in an arc downwards & towards the vertical line beneath the axle until they have no more torque & have reached their lowest PE, called the 'keel' position because it's like a keel on a sail boat - the acceleration they achieve is related to the CoG offset & the frictional forces slowing them down [drag] & other system losses such as windage - once they have achieved a velocity at the nadir they have accumulated a certain momentum [angular inertia] - after this the momentum will continue the 'swing on' until the momentum is depleted & it stops its upwards climb, thereafter it reverses direction as the gravity force [which has been acting at all times] overcomes the momentum.

In order to create a self sustaining over-balance wheel IMO you need to achieve one of two things 1. accumulate extra momentum on the down swing or 2. reduce the counter-torque on the up swing or as is usually experienced when trying to reposition the internal weights into the OOB position to repeat the cycle [after normal system losses] - if unable to accomplish this the device will oscillate until it settles down in a position of least PE & its CoG/CoM does not produce any further torque, either positive or negative in direction.

If you can look at your design & either see where this extra energy is going to come from to give it extra momentum or you can see how to reposition the weight disks without the normal complement of back-torque then I would proceed with a model build, actually I have seen similar designs animated but initially done on Working Model software using gears.

Just My Thoughts !

think this can be simulated in working model 2d: http://workingmodel.design-simulation.com/WM2D/download.php