Roll on the 20th June

[kude]

@exx

I've raised the plexi w/ uncooked penne pasta and had less of a wall, but less acceleration as well. I've been a BIG proponent of the ramp (as people know  ) and will try that shortly both in static and dynamic (the Bat-track see-saw action) configurations to see what's going on.

Yes you lose some power moving magnets away from the track, but in a vertical position, you start losing power at 1 to 7 but use gravity (maybe) from 1 to 7 too.

I haven't seen you put your board vertical yet. But it's your experiment.

[Rusty_Springs]

@All,

Just remembered in 'video 3 of shunt demonstration' Archer broke the wall using a small hill to get a gravity assist. You would have to lay the wheel down, add a hinge arm and use inward slanted hills with a roller. Tough, but it can be done. Let the games begin


@Queue,

I think Archer has said something about the arm for the new loop would need to be one sided. If you just need a little more to get there that may do it. He also said before that the arms should be light as possible with the majority of the weight concentrated at the ends.

Good Luck, Larry

Hi Larry
Queue did say he only had the weights on one end of the arm so that makes it one sided or unbalanced, also to other if you pull the magnetic flux away to make it easier to break the walls then you weaken your magnetic force which is loosing energy and loosing energy would IMO put you back where you was and thats no working model.
Take Care Larry and all
Graham

[gwhy!]

regards oneway gate,
    No testing today, but have put a better test bed together ready for the serious tweeking/testing which will hopefully start tomorrow then videos to follow. 

[LarryC]

Hi Larry
Queue did say he only had the weights on one end of the arm so that makes it one sided or unbalanced, also to other if you pull the magnetic flux away to make it easier to break the walls then you weaken your magnetic force which is loosing energy and loosing energy would IMO put you back where you was and thats no working model.
Take Care Larry and all
Graham

Yes, but just the mass of the opposing rod and the plywood center plate can make a difference. Why let it drag down the burst of acceleration on entry and travel? If would also help if the one sided arm was lighter but structurally able to handle the stress.

Regards, Larry

[exxcomm0n]

@exx

Yes you lose some power moving magnets away from the track, but in a vertical position, you start losing power at 1 to 7 but use gravity (maybe) from 1 to 7 too.

I haven't seen you put your board vertical yet. But it's your experiment.

YUP YUP.

Vertical has been done from the point of Captain Underpants in vid MkE 2.

But the screenplay writers are on strike so I may have not had that in there.