How about putting the Slater in the center ?. Just 1. Then 2 magnet disc on the outside?.   

i would very much like to see the don wilkes set up, for i have not heard of it

@24hosting

the lenz drag would be pushed into the magnets, and it would exhibit similar characteristics of an unmodified generator or dynamo


on a different note,

what if we attached a rod that could move up, down, left and right, but not twist, fixed to each disc

it could be attached out on the side, a rod with a fixed loop or hook, so as long as it can move all directions but spinning it should work

light blue- rod
grey-disc
gold- loop
green- fixed rod on disc
black- fixed rod, freestanding
white- fixtures keeping "green" connected

OK. Well I am very new to all of this. But would it not be the same ..The two outer rotors would spin (magnets are on the rotors) on a shaft or axle while the Slater was stationary in between (held the coils)?. I really don't know. But just thought it might. Give you more idea's .Something to think about. Going To start one myself today. See what happens. gl to you.
24hosting. 

Quote from: 24hosting on December 07, 2009, 02:43:31 PM
OK. Well I am very new to all of this. But would it not be the same ..The two outer rotors would spin (magnets are on the rotors) on a shaft or axle while the Slater was stationary in between (held the coils)?. I really don't know. But just thought it might. Give you more idea's .Something to think about. Going To start one myself today. See what happens. gl to you.
24hosting.

Using the magnet as the rotor is one option. It would have to have come sort of conducting skin, ..etc.

Some magnets have a lower power, the larger they are, which I find unusual, you may find a midrange size with a higher gauss field than one twice it's size.

Quote from: gravityblock on December 07, 2009, 02:01:23 AM
There would be no advantage in having the disc and magnet counter rotating relative to each other due to the magnetic field of the magnet remaining stationary.

I'm quoting myself here.  There may be no advantage in having the magnet and disc counter rotating from an EMF point of view, but it may have an advantage in overcoming the counter torque somehow.

At this time, I am open to all possibilities, even things that appear to have no advantage or things that may appear to be counter intuitive.  Look at the Halbach array.  It's design appears to be counter intuitive, but it has led to brushless motors, magnetic bearings, magnetic coupling, particle accelerators, etc.  Doing things that are counter intuitive can be of great benefit at times.

We have to change the way we think and have a counter intuitive mind also, in order to accomplish things we otherwise wouldn't be able to do.