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Paul's Projects


by Paul O'Rorke published 2022/11/12 07:33:07 GMT+0, last modified 2025-03-07T23:05:30+00:00
A somewhat eclectic collection of ideas I've been meaning to present.

Paul's Pods. - The 10,000 year home.

by Paul O'Rorke published 2022/11/13 06:04:00 GMT+0, last modified 2025-03-09T07:10:56+00:00
I really was reluctant to use the tem "Paul's pods" but it has been such an inherent part of the polroject I just can't help myself.. I'm also a bit egotistical, so this tickles appropriately. Imagine if we could build a home that requires no fuel to heat and cool, that is beautiful, comfortable, could provide protection from the extremes of nature for literally more than 10,000 years. Well, here's and idea that might do it.

Stan Myers Replication Project

by Paul O'Rorke published 2022/11/13 06:04:00 GMT+0, last modified 2025-03-09T07:10:56+00:00
Stan Meyers figured out how to disassociate the hydrogen and oxygen of water in a controlled environment. The idea is to recreate his process and extract work from disassociating water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Rim-motor bicycle retro fit.

by Paul O'Rorke published 2023/08/01 23:49:00 GMT+0, last modified 2025-03-09T07:10:56+00:00
The idea is to non-invasively retro-fit existing bicycle wheels with high torque electric motors by placing the poles and slots of the motor near the rim of the wheel.

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RV Drive

by Paul O'Rorke published 2025/03/08 19:48:55 GMT+0, last modified 2025-03-11T00:33:31+00:00
An investigation into the assertion that one can arrange pairs of gyroscopes in such a way that they produce a resultant force that can be measured and ultimately used as thrust. If the assertion is true it means that one could theoretically build a thruster that is not based on Newton's Third law (Every Action has an equal and opposite reaction), does not require ejection of material, and could potentially reach absurdly high velocities by applying constant thrust over a long period of time. This is NOT and "anti-gravity engine" as Bjorn loves to call it (mostly to annoy me I think), but a simple attempt combine existing forces with a useful resultant vector. As such I like to call it the "Resultant Vector Drive" or "RV Drive" for short.
RV Drive
by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Jul 18, 2025 03:11 PM

The first attempt to test the assertion that a resultant force can be generated by suitable arrangement of flywheels.

Mark I
by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 11, 2025 03:51 AM

Paul's first attempt to "debunk" Bjorn's claim that the forces do not balance out to a "neutral" result. We couldn't agree on the theory and I was adamant that the concept of the "conservation of energy" demands that there be no net force created. I figured it would be easy to disprove by building a test rig and spinning it up, pun fully intended. I expected to see the exact same behaviour rotating a pair of static disks as when rotating a pair of spinning disks. That was not however what I observed.

Mark II
by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 20, 2025 02:41 AM

The second attempt to test the assertion that one cans generate thrust by arranging and spinning a pair of gyroscopes.

Mark III
by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 21, 2025 03:07 PM

The third iteration of a test rig investigating producing thrust by manipulating flywheels.