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[kenbo0422]

prometheus effect,

Yes, it is drawn into the magnet area.  AND it accelerates.  Is there any reason this object has to be a ball?  And for that matter, on a track?  My thinking leads me to putting about 5 of those 'objects' on extension arms connected to a single axis.  With 6 magnet 'ramps', but in this case they aren't ramped, just allow the 'ball' to pass between them.  Curved magnets with the same arc as the circle they surround will give you equal distance on both sides of the path of the ball.  Each one of the ramps is pulling.  Has anyone tried doing this without the ramp and dropoff?

Not picking on you in particular, but you made a point that I agree with.   I think that with some minor ingenuity this will work better than expected.

[prometheus_effect]

prometheus effect,

Yes, it is drawn into the magnet area.? AND it accelerates.? Is there any reason this object has to be a ball?? And for that matter, on a track?? My thinking leads me to putting about 5 of those 'objects' on extension arms connected to a single axis.? With 6 magnet 'ramps', but in this case they aren't ramped, just allow the 'ball' to pass between them.? Curved magnets with the same arc as the circle they surround will give you equal distance on both sides of the path of the ball.? Each one of the ramps is pulling.? Has anyone tried doing this without the ramp and dropoff?

Not picking on you in particular, but you made a point that I agree with.? ?I think that with some minor ingenuity this will work better than expected.

Hi Ken,

Understand that for the Prometheus Effect to work the ferromagnetic material must exit the inline magnet array's field at 90deg and at a very specific spot otherwise there is a dragback field at the end of the arrays which will dragback ALL the KE gained during the acceleration.

Greg

[kenbo0422]

Then twist the magnets....

[hartiberlin]

You could twist the magnet ramp upside 90 degrees  or 90 degrees down and also use endplates
of iron to make the "blue hole" bigger and make the exit much eaiser without drag back.

It needs a good magnet simulation or magnet viewing paper to see this.

Regards, Stefan.

[prometheus_effect]

You could twist the magnet ramp upside 90 degrees? or 90 degrees down and also use endplates
of iron to make the "blue hole" bigger and make the exit much eaiser without drag back.

It needs a good magnet simulation or magnet viewing paper to see this.

Regards, Stefan.

Hi Stefan, Ken & others,

I tried that but I could never get it to work. I feel there is a gravity / magnet interaction going on here which makes gravity necessary but I don't have the equipment yet to research it deeper.

Stefan how big is the 3d magnetic simulator you have? I ask only because of email limitations. I have a 1.5mb broadband connection so if you can stick it on a web site somewhere I can download it and check it out.

Greg