Thane Heins Perepiteia.

[aether22]

BTW the cable is 630 x .12mm

The coil is then similar to a 16,380 turn coil. (630x26)

Oh, I just realized I have some nice thick wire that I had forgotten about, that can make the other coil.
it's 2mm diameter, I probably won't make the other coil of the same weight for a number of reasons, but what I will do to verify that it's not the lower resistance of the multistrand, I'll use a length of the 2mm wire the same length as each coil to short the multistrand so it's resistance is slightly higher, that should do it.

Fingers crossed, but so far I must say every coil that has worked has been made of thin wire and many turns (even if now only many in a paralleled sense) so it would be a shocker, a real blow to find a simple 26 turn solid single strand coil cause acceleration.

[CRANKYpants]

a real blow to find a simple 26 turn solid single strand coil cause acceleration.

CONGRATULATIONS JOHN !!! - WELL DONE !!!

PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR BILL "PAID IN FULL".

I AM SENDING MY SMILES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE EARTH SO THEY GET TO YOU SOONER! 

CHEERS
Thane

[aether22]

Oh balls!

Damn, I was truly over the moon for a night there.

I just tried the 2mm wire at 26 (25?) turns, and got acceleration. (and also sparks and 5.6A on the multimeter)

How the hell is such fat wire causing acceleration?  The HC coils on the microwave cores don't, nor does a single section of my multitap coil, it decelerates.

It's either that I have gone too far with coil fatness (although the MOT HC coil is 1mm dia of Aluminium wire, or at least the one in my hand is), or coils of fewer turns work but medium numbers not so much, or maybe it is the solid steel stator core.

It may be Thanes effect, or it might be a conventional (mundane ) effect involving reduction of core losses.

Gah, couldn't I have left that lest until a bit later in the day!

One odd thing is that it didn't accelerate when I first shorted it, no idea what was up but the reaction wasn't immediate, at least that points generally to an aether effect.

[CRANKYpants]

It may be Thanes effect, or it might be a conventional (mundane  ) effect involving reduction of core losses.

OR CORE SATURATION - TRY WINDING IT ON A MOT CORE.

Thane

[aether22]

PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR BILL "PAID IN FULL".

CHEERS
Thane

No take backsies!