my best guess as to operation

[bargainsbob]

It seems to me that it was built from opportunistic parts that is to say any parts and it could be built from other parts as long as the theory is the same.

It seems that the stator is missing, I guess it is made from the same opportunistic magnets as the rotor.

It seems that the stator used cam followers since the top arches look like a cam.

A cam would be needed to keep the oscillating stator magnets in sync.

There would be several sets of stacked oscillating stator magnets as in the rotor.

In the crotch of the stacked stator magnets could be a pivot axle with an arm linkage on top with a roller touching the cam.

The rotor should have a gear to hook up a chain to a generator to produce power.

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Bargainsbob you wrote:

A cam would be needed to keep the oscillating stator magnets in sync.

But would not the stator magnets be in sync already due to the symmetry of the flywheel?

If not then the stator magnets would be either one polarity or the other. What would be the purpose of synchronizing all the stator magnets?

Thanks,
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[bargainsbob]

If the rotor magnets were all of the same polarity then yes you are right.

But when using alternating polarities the wheel would stop once the N pole of the stator / rotor aligns with the S pole of the stator / rotor.

The attracting poles of the rotor & stator would have to be neutralized (removed, repositioned or nullified electrically) before complete N/S pole alignment.

That's where the cam on top of the wheel is needed, as the attracting pole sets seek alignment the attracting stator magnets are quickly repositioned as to neutralize the attraction and other sets of repelling or attracting pole stator magnets elsewhere are used to continue motion, also cam operated, these processes are all happening in time and in sequence.

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bargainsbob,

Sorry for the long pause. What you wrote had to sink in and I am surprised given my state of mind lately.

If I understand your thought process - then what I think you are saying is that Ed would give the wheel a bit of a spin and it would continue to spin on its own? (Given your description and function of the "cam")

If I may be so bold and add a bit more. Do you think it possible that the purpose of the large 3 inch pipe may be to supply this function? Say...some harmonic of the Earth's magnetic field? I know it is possible to tune antenna to certain frequencies by cutting them to wavelengths of the frequency of interest. It may be that Ed cut that pole to a certain length buried it partially and used it as an antenna/source of harmonic energy???

Just some thoughts.
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