An interesting experiment in magnetism

[Cherryman]

@sm0ky2

Thanks for the information.   I feel that presence of a magnetic material such as a steel plate near a magnet greatly changes the alignment or orientation of the flux.

https://youtu.be/0mKkyuk3ekM


Just have a look at the above video.  You can see a steel plate placed on the ring magnet repels the small magnet when it is in contact with the ring magnet but attracts when it is not in contact with the ring magnet.

I think if we do some 'jugglery' with such a system, we can get OU.

Your little experiment reminded me of the NASA slingshot manoeuvre.


Approaching with a certain speed a gravitational body ( in this case the magnet ) , loop about half around it and exiting in another angle with more speed. 


You could try it without the magnet s actually touching to try replicating that.