Quote from: adlep on August 09, 2008, 07:42:29 PM
One more thing - I would not worry about the buggy for now.

A simple experiment as suggested by me earlier is SUPER effective in my opinion and you are not wasting time dealing with gears, weight, movement, potential accidents, and powertrain issues. Also the table setup is really easy to take apart by the skeptics.
Feel free to call it adlep's experiment too
I have a strange feeling that it will make you famous.

OR INFAMOUS...
I HAD TO JUMP IN THERE BEFORE JM GOT TO IT! 

T

SO, I'M HAVING A 10" STEEL DISK MADE WITH 18 x 1" HOLES DRILED AROUND THE OUTER EDGE.

ON ONE SIDE WILL BE A STRONG MAGNET AND ON THE OTHER SIDE A COIL RIGHT AT WHERE THE HOLES ARE...

1)
AS THE STEEL DISK SPINS;
A) SOME FLUX PASSES FROM THE MAGNET TO THE COIL
B) THROUGH THE HOLE AND INDUCES A VOLTAGE IN THE COIL...
C) OTHERWISE IS "BLOCKED" BY THE STEEL BETWEEN THE HOLES
( I may even place a magnet at the far side of the coil to pull PM flux through the hole ).

2)
A) WHEN A LOAD IS PLACED ON THE COIL,
B) THE BACK EMF INDUCED FIELD IS ATTRACTED TO THE STEEL WHEEL BUT
C) HAS NO EFFECT ON THE SPEED OF ROTATION...

3)
THE COIL CAN BE INFINATELY LARGE...

THOUGHTS?

T

Quote from: CRANKYpants on August 09, 2008, 10:16:49 PM
SO, I'M HAVING A 10" STEEL DISK MADE WITH 18 x 1" HOLES DRILED AROUND THE OUTER EDGE.

ON ONE SIDE WILL BE A STRONG MAGNET AND ON THE OTHER SIDE A COIL RIGHT AT WHERE THE HOLES ARE...

1)
AS THE STEEL DISK SPINS;
A) SOME FLUX PASSES FROM THE MAGNET TO THE COIL
B) THROUGH THE HOLE AND INDUCES A VOLTAGE IN THE COIL...
C) OTHERWISE IS "BLOCKED" BY THE STEEL BETWEEN THE HOLES
( I may even place a magnet at the far side of the coil to pull PM flux through the hole ).

2)
A) WHEN A LOAD IS PLACED ON THE COIL,
B) THE BACK EMF INDUCED FIELD IS ATTRACTED TO THE STEEL WHEEL BUT
C) HAS NO EFFECT ON THE SPEED OF ROTATION...

3)
THE COIL CAN BE INFINATELY LARGE...

THOUGHTS?

T

I have a thought.  Are you posting using an Apple II?  If not, is there another reason you are stuck on capslock?

You will have to get used to the all caps.  I have been following this thread from near day one, and I doubt you will be the one to convince him to turn it off.  After awhile it is some what endearing (with the plus that you can quickly identify Thane's posts).  All great geniuses (crazy people) have some idiosyncrasies.

Quote from: CRANKYpants on August 09, 2008, 09:13:07 AM
BUT I'M SURE THAT'S YOU  LOOK AGAIN @ 223 IN THE VIDEO - ON THE TV IN THE BACKGROUND - ISN'T THAT YOU IN THE BLUE SHIRT ON OPRAH OR SOMETHING?

Sorry Thane ... Not even close ..... but this may help you identify the elusive hoptoad ! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ENUqV5-bw

Cheers and KneeDeep