Orthogonal Force Motor - Check it out!

[mscoffman]

Blaniac;

Looks great. Think of this at the pivot point of a pendulum, plus, Think of this as the upper accuator of a Vgate motor.

:S:MarkSCoffman

[Blainiac]

Thanks for the reply Mscoffman!  I really think this test will work out great.  I cut the toroids without too much of a problem with the diamond studded water saw, just need to build it this weekend.    Will update soon!

[Blainiac]

Toroids are all cut (all are similar to this one).  Testing will be done tonight to see if there is any plate expansion with ferrite used as the core switch.  Here's my bad cutting job (should still do the trick, if the air gap size isn't an issue)!  There will be a huge update very soon!





The reason it's cut like that is to allow flux to flow through the plates (not pictured yet) when the magnets are in one direction, and trough the ferrite in another direction.

[mscoffman]

Keeping our fingers crossed...Good Luck.

[Blainiac]

Okay, well there's good news and bad news...  The good news is that the plates do separate when the magnets are at 90/270 degrees, and don't separate when the magnets are pointed at 0/180 degrees.  The bad news is that the entire setup kept breaking itself when trying to put the shaft through the holes on the stator, because the magnets were WAY too strong, so I couldn't see if I could freely rotate the shaft with the design (I didn't notice any cogging, but it was hard to tell).

I'll try to rebuild with weaker magnets, so the super glued setup won't break before testing in its entirety.  So, the concept seems to work, the ferrite works great, and the cuts at the top and bottom do seem to change the flux path of the magnets in different parts of its rotation.  The big question is... Is the magnet able to freely spin?  If so, it's definitely a candidate for a self-runner.


I'll try to post some pictures tonight!