The Radus boots connection

[Goat]

@ All

Just posting this as general information on the switching of permanent magnetic fields which I never came across in the many threads I've read on magnets and magnetic motors on the forum, please take a look at the following article, very interesting:

http://www.cheniere.org/misc/astroboots.htm

PS to moderators:  If I missed this topic and it has already been discussed somewhere in another thread please feel free to delete this.

Regards,
Paul

[lwh]

Heya Goat.

Thanks for posting that.  There was a link to that article early on in the old Hildenbrand Motor thread.  I think Jack might even have mentioned it himself.  The concept has been proven not just by the boot application, but by Jack and two other experimenters here (with others currently working on similar applications).  It should be common knowledge that permanent magnets can be effectively switched on and off like that, but...

In terms of applying the principle to a motor, it all comes down to the controlling of the switching.  The article mentioned this, and if I understand correctly, it's pretty much where the Hildenbrand Magnet Motor is at at the moment. 

Even though I have to put myself in the same boat, it does make me wonder why there hasn't been a mad rush by people here to replicate the devices, even in a more basic form.  I think maybe people are put off by the overly complicated descriptions of why the things work, and maybe too by the intimidating level of craftmanship displayed by the Hildenbrand models, among other things.  I understand I might be oversimplifying it, but does one have to use the best materials, in the best arrangement, in order to make actual use of these principles, in order to prove, even if only to oneself, that they can be made to work?

Les.         

[Goat]

@ lwh

Thanks for the input, I was afraid I missed it in the threads, sometimes there's so much good information in these that I tend to drift from one idea to the next and also tend to forget what I had already read before   I had looked for the URL to the page and also the term Radus and/or boot using the search function of the site but it came up empty so I guess I missed it. 

I don't feel bad about bringing it back up though as sometimes people might miss it if they are not specifically looking for it. 

I do agree with what you're saying about over complicating it, did you see the last photos at the bottom of the page? 

It shows some pretty basic arrangement and mentions that "These are drawings of models that we played with as children" and also "They functioned the same way as did the powered models (shoe and battery powered test that I had sent previously). One wedge pulls off easily, with an increase in force required to move the second piece.  No electrical power required."

Only thing is it doesn't mention anywhere the type of metal used or the type of magnet but then again it got me wondering, why not try it, shouldn't be too hard to do, right!....LOL....it also got me wondering it this couldn't be adapted to a bedini motor 

Anyways, food for thought

Regards,
Paul