Gravity's secret - update on that Austrian gravitomagnetism experiment

Laithwaite wasn't defying gravity. As he swung the
gyro above his head, it was converting one form of
potential energy (rotation) into another form of
potential energy (height) and back again as he swung
it back down. Basically he was robbing some of the
energy from the flywheel (slowing its rotation down)
to lift it and returning it to the flywheel (speeding
it back up) as he lowered it back down.

This is the same process that causes the moon's orbit
to increase in radius by about a centimeter per year,
while simultaneously slowing down the rotation of the
earth.

Ed

--- Frank wrote:

> > The best hope for Tajmar and de Matos is that
> another team will
> > reproduce their
> > experiment and confirm the anomalous
> gravitomagnetic signal. According to
> > Tajmar, several teams have pledged to recreate the
> experiments to
> > refute or
> > verify the puzzling signals, but he won't reveal
> the identities of
> > these teams
> > for fear of putting them under undue pressure. "I
> am very happy with
> > their
> > interest. It shows that others take us seriously
> and are willing to
> > spend time
> > on this."
> >
> > The results could be out in a year or so. If they
> are positive, it
> > puts the
> > technology of science fiction on the horizon.
> Levitating cars, zero-g
> > playgrounds, tractor beams to pull objects towards
> you, glassless
> > windows that
> > use repulsive fields to prevent things passing
> through. Let your
> > imagination run
> > riot: a gravitomagnetic device that works by
> changing the acceleration
> > and
> > orientation of a superconductor would be the basis
> for a
> > general-purpose force
> > field.
>
> Hi spacesettlers,
>
> in this context I would like to point to Eric
> Laithwaites experiment
> were he manipulated
> a 50 pound spinning flywheel with ease raising it
> with one hand.
>
> Take a look here:
>
http://www.keelynet.com/interact/archive/00001563.htm