Roll on the 20th June

[X00013]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwhrJirgp0&feature=related

[sm0ky2]

i know i promised you guys a video, i appologize. i will get one up as soon as possible.  broke something, and had to wait on glue to dry sunday night. then the workweek came, and ive only had a few minutes here and there to tweak it.
i can get it to run for a few cycles, then it gets to wobbling, and loses its ryhtem.  so i added some more stability, and as soon as i get it going again i'll get it on film before it tears itself apart again.

even with this crude wooden catastrophe, ive gotten up to 3 hrs of spin on this thing before something goes wrong.
usually a "rod-stop" comming loose, or the outer magnets breaking their mounts and sticking to the wheel ( which ive fixed permanently now).

my "arch" shape got messed up in the mounting, so thats my biggest problem right now, the field is uneven and has a second sticky-spot in the center. soon as i work that out, it should be back to operational status. i'll keep you guys posted.

[mscoffman]

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even with this crude wooden catastrophe, ive gotten up to 3 hrs of spin on this thing before something goes wrong.
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@sm0ky2;

The numbers you quote here are fantastic!, for the diameter/momentum/bearing
setup shown. One should take note; that *there seems very little Lenz law metal
around* to cause magnetic braking, I suggest one should try to keep it that way.

:S:MarkSCoffman

[sm0ky2]

@ mark

yeah, i tried to make sure that any metal i used was place on the opposite side of the stationary magnets, so as not to negatively affect the operation of the device. but to be honest with you, the torque these things provide, lenz-law effects wouldn't even be noticible.  Between 45 and 90 degrees (clockwise, from verticle UP) there is extra power that could potentially be extracted.
im not sure how much of that goes into begining the next notch in the cycle, because the device has a self-controlled speed.

Regardless of how fast gravity moves the wheel  (sec^2), 
the arms only go up at a constant force, irrespective of "time".
i think it is this difference in the time factor that would allow us to extract excess energy from the device.
but, before i start adding loads into the mix, and causing more problems,.. i need to get this thing working right again.

[infringer]

yes you do it would be great to see a video as well...