Magnet-Gravity-Wheel using SMOT

[Silvije]

which sticky spot? see this video http://jlnlabs.imars.com/atelab/videos/smot01.rm

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[Silvije]

ok i tried to draw it in perspective, I hope you could visualize it.
I admit that is a problem from my first drawing.

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[gyulasun]

Hello Silvije and all,

I think your idea would deserve a practical experiment so I can only encourage you to test it if you can.
What Vidar mentioned in his Reply #4 in previous page is true but could be remedied by making the central section around the shaft (i.e  at the beginning of each compartment)  to be of higher diameter so that each ball and hence each magnet bar can start further outside radially and will not be so close to each other any more in the center. This way the magnet trap in the center is avoided.
I cannot see any other sticky spot now, this is why I think this setup is worth experimenting.  Of course the mass/weight of the ball should be chosen correctly so that the balls would be able to disconnect from the smot due to gravity when needed.

Regards
Gyula

[Silvije]

Thank you for your reply!

I am not able to do the experiment yet, I first need to
get proper magnet bars.

Vidar's remark about sticky spot in the center is now more clear to me,
but I had in mind some version of the SMOT in which magnet bars are not parallel.
So I could not understand what he means.

My biggest problem for now is to make understandable drawings

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[Silvije]

Hi all!

This idea was before I had any chance to play with SMOT,
now I see it's quite useless...

Forget averything.

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