Apparatus and Method for Gyroscopic Propulsion

Abstract

Three spinning ring rotors, functioning as concentric ring gyro motors, are angled at ninety degrees with respect to one another and are arranged in an orthogonal association inside a substantially spherical housing that includes a central hub with a plurality of spokes attached to the spherical housing with holes for the spokes and coils used for steering. The mass distribution for the rings is such that the rotating ring masses are maximized and the containing mass is minimized. There is minimum friction for the primary rotation of the spinning ring rotors with all other angular forces translated across the containment structures uniformly. These spinning masses remain equal, unless the influence of precisely controlled and oriented destabilizing steering coils are used to disrupt the stability of one or more rotors by placing a controllable and varying magnetic field, from weak to strong, parallel to the axis of the spinning rotors.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a first ring rotor rotating in a first plane, the first ring rotor generating a first angular momentum;   a second ring rotor rotating in a second plane, the second ring rotor generating a second angular momentum;   a third ring rotor rotating in a third plane, the third ring rotor generating a third angular momentum; and   a plurality of steering coils, the steering coils being configured to momentarily destabilize a magnetic field associated with at least one of the first ring rotor, the second ring rotor, and the third ring rotor.