Working Magnetic Motor on you tube??

[blue_energy]

A belt or some other PTO will need to be added later, but this baby is still in the delivery room with momma and it is too early to break-out the cigars.

@Rosphere - You're right, of course.  I'm just getting the idea out there now - because by tomorrow at this time it may well no longer be pre-mature.

[TheOne]

Another replication from ZeroFosillFuel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHy_OeS8qVE

But his stator magnet are way to big in my opinion

[JAG]

A belt or some other PTO will need to be added later, but this baby is still in the delivery room with momma and it is too early to break-out the cigars.

@Rosphere - You're right, of course.  I'm just getting the idea out there now - because by tomorrow at this time it may well no longer be pre-mature.

Blue I set up a thread for all us armchair enthusiasts (I really wish I was ready to build this thing) that has a list of tests we'd like to see. Of course it's based on the theory that several replicators get this up and running. That way CLaNZer can say. I'll do endurance testing for example and everyone else can do something different and not re-invent the wheel (pun intended) every time.

Any other ideas you want to share?

JAG

[iadcw]

Sorry Rosphere too lazy to find the link, but somewhere in the development thread over at Steorn (I think about page 5 or 6) Al discusses the need for the Judson Dampers. Prior to using these, the device once "in sync" the stator would accelerate up to over 8000 rpm's, become unstable and drop out of sync. The dampers provide drag on the stator, to slow the acceleration and stator speed. They don't help accelerate the rotor and stator, they do the opposite and keep it "balanced" and in sync. This is what I find most interesting. Other ways can be found to provide that drag/control mechanism that can generate usable work.

JAG

Exactly, JAG - I read the same thing.  All suspicions are suspect at this point but I suspect that the reason that Al's motor quits above 8,000 rpm on the stators is that the stator bearings can't keep up with the rotor and the motor falls out of 'gear' phase. 

I remember reading in a Steorn thread that after Al got the machine going as always he started a second stator going AGW with RPM's in excess of 12,000.  Al hasn't posted in a while(black helicopters??). This was in one of his latter posts.

[geodan]

Hi geodan,

I absolutely plan to build an adjustable model for further testing. I'm only sticking to the original model strictly for replication and validation reasons. The next version I make will be much more flexible to experiment with and optimize the design.

God Bless,
Jason O

Thanks Jason!,

Since I will not be in the "first wave" of replicators I think that I need to set my sights on flexibility to be able to adjust as many variables as possible... I'd be interested in seeing what you come up with...

Noncets suggests that Sean might already have drawings for his base so maybe he'll be sharing those as well?

Thanks very much guys!

geodan