I want to welcome our newest members to the Inertial Propulsion Workshop. Joshua Tennefrancia is an experimenter who found his way here through the Skool network, welcome Joshua! Tokio Muramatsu is an experimenter who I have known for a few years now who is actively building and posting results on his YouTube channel which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@dftdmt. Welcome Tokio! Feel free to poke around and see what is here, and feel free to post, ask questions, or share what you are working on if you want. I look forward to hearing from you and be sure to check the calender to schedule a 1-on-1 call if you want. If the times are not good for you, feel free to message me and we will find a time that fits! -Bryan

The PIE 7.1 mass reorientation is underway. The first mass (weight) is ready for testing. Head over to the classroom to learn more and see it done on video (dead video portions cut out for length). Next we will get the mass installed and tested properly.

Hey everyone, I've been wondering how everyone's projects are coming along, so it's only fair to share my own progress with you. So, the PIE 6 and 7 have been my primary focus. The PIE 6 was only built to test the QBD (Quantified Backlash Drive) coupler, and was intended to be cannibalized when testing was done. The motors and electronics were removed and repurposed to create the newest version, the PIE 7. I now wish I had left the 6 in-tact for testing other ideas but that's the way it goes. The PIE 7 is virtually ready for the electricals to be installed, but I am really thinking the increased radius could be a problem, it may not want to come to speed properly. This got me thinking about the weights (masses) and the rectangular shape I made them. Rectangular weights were tried a long while back with relatively poor results, so I am considering rebuilding the way they are connected to the planet gear so they can be mounted 90 degrees from their current positioning. Work continues on my end, how about yours?