Roll on the 20th June

[sm0ky2]

ok watched the video, now go and watch it yourself, see the part when the rod shoots across but the wheel doesn't keep rotating and the rod falls back, this is most of your problem is that you have calculated the magnetic component and forgot to calculate standard leverage, when the rod shoots across it is not heavy enough to fall each time, eg the distance is too long for the end weight, so you need to add weight near the end of the rod before the magnet. Now it may seem that there will be equal additional weight on both ends, but not when displaced as the lower rod end will have moved inward to the centre, still creating a greater weight difference than exists currently, the greater the weight offset the faster it will fall and create momentum. very impressed so far.

yes. i remember that lesson from your teachings. The reason i haven't gone down that road with this (yet) is because i had it working before, with the current flux/mass ratio. and i didnt want to screw with it too much, before i got it going again.

That may have to be the answer in dealing with the extra friction i inadvertently caused....

[infringer]

The only problem I see with that archer is you will have had to have added the same amount of weight to both ends... But it may work I just believe that maybe if you forced the rod to get pushed out even further to a certain point gravity would take over.

The reason why it may work is obvious look at excommon his test with the lever if you add the same weight and extend it out it does just as archer says it takes less weight to make the lever lift so you would have to find the sweet spot so to speak...

Archer you been doing any work on your wheel as of late?

[sm0ky2]

thinking about this,....

if i increase the mass too much, i also have to increase the strength of the magnetic field...

so i may be able to do both in a single, simple motion.
by just adding an extra magnet to the ends of each rod.....

[The Eskimo Quinn]

yes you are indeed correct that it doe not create additional leverage against itself (the rod), however it does increase the leverage against the balance of the wheel that has not increased in weight such as the tubes/arms etc, for example strapping a 1 kilo weight to the side of a mini cooper wheel will make it fall at a much faster rate than strapped to a large four wheel drive wheel, the lverage gain is against the mass of wheel itself not the opposing end of the rod which as you say is also additionaly weighted.  as to concerns as to how it will effect the magnetic fields and that ratio, the clack sound when the rods raises tells me the truth, and that is the power is over the required amount and it topping out, so it can still lift a heavier weight. this sound must be avoided as much as possible for it causes the entire wheel to shunt in the direction of the top out, creating loss of energy.

As to my own build, it is still on hold, however am currently top 3 listed for a well paid poistion in environmental and electrical engineering, which should see me back up in production within 6 months all going well.

[The Eskimo Quinn]

thinking about this,....

if i increase the mass too much, i also have to increase the strength of the magnetic field...

so i may be able to do both in a single, simple motion.
by just adding an extra magnet to the ends of each rod.....

as i said the fact that it is topping out with an audible sound shows excess power, though you are correct that adding magnets does offer and easy solution, however the distance from the arc will need to increase to match the increase in the power of the wall if you add magnets.