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t0yland
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This is probably off the wall but I would like some other peoples opinions none the less.
Imagine two 10kg, 1 meter long pipes that are closed off at each end. At the ends are magnet coils to propel and object back and forth. Inside the pipes there is a magnet disk/ball/whatever that is 1kg.
Both of these pipes are situated on a platform in order to swing the pipes around like a centrifuge. Each pipe will swing the opposite way in order to cancel out any other movement.
Both pipes are parallel to each other, with the ball in each of them, at the same end. The magnetic coils are now activated to send the ball flying to the other end at 10m/s. When the ball hits the other end the pipes are the swung around in opposite directions. Rinse and repeat.
It seems to me such a device, in space, would create movement without expelling anything. Essentially you create a reaction which gets the pipes moving at 1m/s opposite of the ball. When the ball hits the other side the whole apparatus would stop. However it would have moved.
Perhaps I’m crazy but please prove it wrong? :rofl:
Imagine two 10kg, 1 meter long pipes that are closed off at each end. At the ends are magnet coils to propel and object back and forth. Inside the pipes there is a magnet disk/ball/whatever that is 1kg.
Both of these pipes are situated on a platform in order to swing the pipes around like a centrifuge. Each pipe will swing the opposite way in order to cancel out any other movement.
Both pipes are parallel to each other, with the ball in each of them, at the same end. The magnetic coils are now activated to send the ball flying to the other end at 10m/s. When the ball hits the other end the pipes are the swung around in opposite directions. Rinse and repeat.
It seems to me such a device, in space, would create movement without expelling anything. Essentially you create a reaction which gets the pipes moving at 1m/s opposite of the ball. When the ball hits the other side the whole apparatus would stop. However it would have moved.
Perhaps I’m crazy but please prove it wrong? :rofl: