Roll on the 20th June

[Rusty_Springs]

Hi ramset,
   As Graham has said there don't appear to be anything new here, But it would be intresting to see the mag configuration that it rolls on. What would be good to see if archers roller mag could get pulled along a flat surface across the track then travel the same amount of distance as shown in his video after the track on the same plane without being pulled back into the track. With a standard SMOT arrangement the roller IMO will not leave the track or it may leave the track but will not travel no where near as far. Where as If you use a tri-gate configuration the roller will be spit out the end and will continue to keep rolling and I'm pretty sure if you were to use that size roller mag with a tri-gate track it IMO it could be pulled up the same incline.

Hi Gwhy
I totally agree, the more magnets the stronger the magnetic force, the stronger the magnetic force the bigger the incline you can go up, if people looked at the video properly they would see it doesn't go up the incline until he adds more magnets making it stronger, he has a smot and a smot thats not as good as the Trigate, why because it wont leave with out the help of gravity.
I think his piling magnets under then metal Gwhy, they are set in a way that you have one pile bigger then the other as you go up, something like the step ramp that I talked about but that didn't pile the magnets it overlapped them at the half way point of each magnet going up like steps thats proberly why he called it a step ramp.
Take Care and your right again I think Gwhy
Graham
PS: I said piling the magnets I could have also said stacks of magnets getting bigger as you move along, so you have say two magnet then 4 then 6 and so on going up.
If I'm right once he's past the last stack and gravity helps him fall because the bottom of that stack is the opposite pole it will kick the roller away but to do this first you must get past the attract back of the last magnetic stack.

[Tinker]

Has anyone seen a Smot ramp where metal instead of plexiglass or an air gap ''wheels'' was the running surface.

Archer what kind of metal is THAT

Be Well
Tinker

[Rusty_Springs]

Has anyone seen a Smot ramp where metal instead of plexiglass or an air gap ''wheels'' was the running surface.

Archer what kind of metal is THAT

Be Well
Tinker

Hi Tinker
I think althou the metal cuts down the magnetic force it also smooths out the field, thats why I have a steelball in the front of my Trigate, it will work with out it but its smoother with it.
Take Care Tinker
Graham

[Tinker]

Rusty

What I am thinking if it's ferrous it would alter the fields, this would be something new and diffrent.

Be Well
Tinker

[Rusty_Springs]

Rusty

What I am thinking if it's ferrous it would alter the fields, this would be something new and diffrent.

Be Well
Tinker

Hi Tinker
As I said theres nothing new its just smooting out the field like I'm doing with the steelball and the Trigate, shields don't block magnetic flux they just smooth out the flux so its don't reach out everywere, so its concentrated through the metal, thats about the best way I can explan it with out having to go into 3 pages of text.
Take Care Tinker
Graham