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Welcome a New Member to The Workshop
I want to welcome Don Ballerini (@don-ballarini-5653) to the Workshop. Don, feel free to explore the workshop. You are freeto let us know what you are interested in. If you feel comfortable doing so you can also let us know what you have worked on, or what you still are working on building now.
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Again, thank you! I've been garage experimenting with different inertial propulsion ideas for over the past 30 years, and currently have hit upon two ideas that show interesting promise. To be honest, the biggest hurdle lately is life itself, gotta go to work and support my family, so this is for now just a hobby. The dream for me is to develop my idea(s) into a flying radio-controlled antigrav model for the hobby industry and I'm on the fence right now on how much to divulge. The first idea involves the use of an oscillating, modified toy gyroscope, capable of 3/4 of a lb of inertial lift during experimental runs right now. The other idea involves the use of a Euler motion induced into a cone by an eccentric spinning mass that shows reactionless thrust in another one of my crude experimental setups. I've never published these ideas on You Tube, and frankly I'm getting kind of sick and tired of being alone with these ideas, so please have grace with me if I'm not quite open yet to discuss my designs in detail, especially without an NDA. With small talk among family and friends, nobody really understands my passion and what the hell I'm talking about for the most part. The question that irks me the most is, "what is a reactionless thrust good for?" With a degree in mechanical engineering, some basic machining experience, experience as a professional helicopter pilot and licensed aircraft mechanic, and experience toying around with RC helicopters for a good part of my life, I believe I have the capability to make this dream a practical reality. Again. surviving life is my enemy to take these ideas forward to the next steps. I'm seriously considering having components made up by a small family owned prototyping company until I can get my life back together after recently moving my elderly mother in to our home and that I can get my garage back into working order as a small machine shop again (The move put my garage into chaos).
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Sounds good Bryan, thank you. On the bright side, I did get a 3d printer for this last christmas from my wife and daughter to satisfy my obsession, so there is hope yet to pump out some prototype parts at some point in the not too distant future.
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Helicopter pilot, A&P mechanic, mechanical engineer, involved with research and experimentation with inertial propulsion for over 30 years.

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Joined Jan 31, 2026
Cherry Valley, CA