Redesign of the eccentric nitinol heat engine into magnetic engine

[Low-Q]

Here is the magnets I will use in this experiment.
One side attracts ans the other side repels. It looks quite stable too

[Tarsier_79]

Gday

First of all, I love the design, It seems to me a unique design.

I am well versed in gravity engines. I feel the normal problems exist with your mag./gravity engine.

Although you feel like magnetism is actuating the "arms", it is gravity that has to make each piece of metal transverse the magnetic fluctuations. So your biggest problem becomes getting more from gravity than than you are taking. In my experience that never happens.

Good luck.

[Low-Q]

Gday

First of all, I love the design, It seems to me a unique design.

I am well versed in gravity engines. I feel the normal problems exist with your mag./gravity engine.

Although you feel like magnetism is actuating the "arms", it is gravity that has to make each piece of metal transverse the magnetic fluctuations. So your biggest problem becomes getting more from gravity than than you are taking. In my experience that never happens.

Good luck.

Thanks. This desgn has actually nothing to do with gravity. It is suppose to 'work' in any possible position. Even in zero gravity. Just like a skater moves forward just by position the skates a bit skewed outwards. As the legs spreads, there is forward motion.
In my design, the magnets are not doing any work per say, but the pushing and pulling forces on each sides is spreading or contracting the 'legs' to allow motion towards respectively wider or narrower path between the outer and inner rotor - wich has their hubs a bit offset from one another, just like the tension that occours in a heated nitinol wire in an eccentric nitinol heat engine.


I've already printed a few parts for this design.


Vidar

[Tarsier_79]

Ha ha.
I thought you were making something like a crosss between a rubber band type heat engine with nitinol spokes, using magnetism for over-balance. My mistake.

Are you just using PLA in your printer?

Good luck with your build.

[Low-Q]

Ha ha.
I thought you were making something like a crosss between a rubber band type heat engine with nitinol spokes, using magnetism for over-balance. My mistake.

Are you just using PLA in your printer?

Good luck with your build.

Oh gosh, that picture was terribly large
It is polycarbonat I'm using. PLA is cheaper, and strong enough, but I haven't PLA right now :-)