Magnetic repulsion converts into attraction

[TinselKoala]

I think this is another variation on what I call the Nikolayev Trailer Hitch. This phenomenon was first described, as far as I can tell, by Stefan Marinov's mentor Nikolayev, and appears in drawings in Nikolayev's Russian book. I don't think this book has been translated from Russian, but it should be, as it contains many little tidbits like this.

This effect can also be produced by a stack of two magnets and two spacers. The two face-polarized slabs are glued together in repulsion with one spacer in between and the other on the end. So you have NmagnetS-spacer-SmagnetN-spacer. Make two stacks like this and experiment.

I've posted a video of the simplest setup that demonstrates the effects, using a ring magnet, a rod magnet, and a guide tube. The trailer hitch non-contact push-pull, while still allowing rotation, is what I believe to be the most significant use of this phenomenon (repultraction, tm TKLabs).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUihboGkJnE

EDIT: I see penno64 and madsatbg have also made the connection to Nikolayev's work. Good on you!!

EDIT 2: I've uploaded a higher resolution version and replaced the old version of the video. The link above should be good.

[TinselKoala]

The Siberian Kolya (or Coilu or Coliu in some sources) is the motor tested by Jeffrey Kooistra when he was at Infinite Energy Magazine while Gene Mallove was still with us. Kooistra called it the "Warlock's Wheel" and it is by far the most interesting magnet motor device that I personally have ever seen. It appears to violate Newton's laws of motion in that the rotating "stator" ring and the central rotating magnet armature, when energized, both rotate in the SAME direction, not opposite as Newton would require.
However, other than the association with Nikolayev, that device doesn't really have anything to do with the devices discussed in this thread. They operate on different principles. I have made an analog of the Siberian Coliu using the principles of repultraction that operates as a pulse motor of the third kind and also exhibits anomalous behaviour re Newton. However, I am using a fixed stator coil instead of a rotatable ring, so my motor (the Marinov Slab motor) isn't designed specifically to demonstrate this anomaly, like the Warlock's Wheel is.

[Low-Q]

The Siberian Kolya (or Coilu or Coliu in some sources) is the motor tested by Jeffrey Kooistra when he was at Infinite Energy Magazine while Gene Mallove was still with us. Kooistra called it the "Warlock's Wheel" and it is by far the most interesting magnet motor device that I personally have ever seen. It appears to violate Newton's laws of motion in that the rotating "stator" ring and the central rotating magnet armature, when energized, both rotate in the SAME direction, not opposite as Newton would require.
However, other than the association with Nikolayev, that device doesn't really have anything to do with the devices discussed in this thread. They operate on different principles. I have made an analog of the Siberian Coliu using the principles of repultraction that operates as a pulse motor of the third kind and also exhibits anomalous behaviour re Newton. However, I am using a fixed stator coil instead of a rotatable ring, so my motor (the Marinov Slab motor) isn't designed specifically to demonstrate this anomaly, like the Warlock's Wheel is.

Not much to find about Warlock's Wheel. Has it anything to do with the design in the animation above?

Vidar

[SPANG]

Vidar,
       Get ready for some 'constructive critisism'.
You have about 6 'like' facing magnets, very close together, going 'upward', untill they start to repel each other ------- correct?  The rest of the magnets, are 'fanned' out.
Unless, EVERY ONE of those close magnets, REPEL each other ----- AT THE SAME TIME ----- having the 'extra
magnets, would be a waste of time.  Only one pair of magnets repel each other at ANY ONE TIME!

SPANG.                           (BILL.)

[SPANG]

I should have added:  The other 5? magnets,    (and their arms etc..,) are unneccessary 'baggage'


SPANG.                   (BILL.)