The Idea Club
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Here are some Ideas

by Paul O'Rorke — published 2022/12/05 04:59:00 GMT+0, last modified 2025-03-08T19:56:42+00:00
A collection of published ideas.

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.
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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.
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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.
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RV Drive

— by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 11, 2025 12:33 AM
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.
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Stan Myers Replication Project

— by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 09, 2025 07:10 AM
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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Paul's Pods. - The 10,000 year home.

— by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 09, 2025 07:10 AM
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.
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Rim-motor bicycle retro fit.

— by Paul O'Rorke — last modified Mar 09, 2025 07:10 AM
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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Glider project

— by Bjorn Lampson — last modified Aug 11, 2023 06:57 PM
The Amihan 42 is a glider concept that is making it's way from my head to these pages as a practical engineering project.
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1000 pound beam challenge

— by Bjorn Lampson — last modified Nov 16, 2022 04:40 AM
The idea is to build a beam out of Styrofoam and Epoxy fiberglass with the following dimensions: span 40', web 8", and a cap width of 3", weighing under 25 lbs. When supported at each end, the beam should carry a distributed load of 1000 lbs without being damaged.
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