Hi CLaNZeR,
soukup is not so far from my house, maybe i should give him a buzz?
Most PM (gravitonal) investigation concluding auto-imbalance as the key,
and soukup's rotor seems not to have any bearings.
could the loose axis help it "over the hill"?
I appreciate your work very much, since a good hands-on will tell more than thousand words,
but maybe thats the crux of good craftsmen. they are too precise.
...And he also uses 8 stator-magnets. I...In one video, soukup is repeating that 100 times
I want to ask you another thing.
Have you ever thought about selling Prototypes or "testbeds" for experimentators?
magnet-shops are growing, but i always see people struggling with kitchen equipment
and garbage trying to build a proof-of concept or rebuilding existing setups...
not everybody has a garage equipped with cnc.
20 years ago, i developted kits for fischertechnik.
I have made all the "experimental computing"-kits for the amiga.
Probably its time to bring some "mecanical new-energy"-kit to fathers's home.
Some basic setups for common experiments i.e. SMOT/V-ramp, various MPP, etc.. a flywheel at extra cost

maybe some add-on kits with electronics i.e coils, solenoids, optos, switching circuits, etc..
do you like such an idea?
best,
oliver