The Ossie motor

[Magluvin]

Jim

Are the mags all the same pole out? If so, the coil is probably getting a nulled field potential the way the coil is. I would put some small thin 20 to 23ga  30 to 60 turns right in front of the driver coils. Then as you pull charge to a bridge and cap, you will be able to run the motor and pickup power from the rotor and the coils as it runs. And hopefully if the timing remains the same, the motor wont use any more than it is.
Its worth a shot to try 1 coil like this to see if it works. The rotor may be dragged down some, but if it still uses very little to keep it going, you could have some good power output on the charge.
Your pickup coil is also using too thin of a wire to get good current output. The 20 to 20 ga will generate some light bulb running currents.

Mags

[Magluvin]

Oh  on the thin pickup coils, try to get the core to be the same size as the driver cores in dia.

Mags

[Jimboot]

I'm thinking about switching back to a larger rotor as it seems to have more torque. The extra mass maybe? But I'll think I'll do the same config of 8 mags rather than 4. The larger rotor will also create more room for pickup coils.

[Jimboot]

Jim

Are the mags all the same pole out? If so, the coil is probably getting a nulled field potential the way the coil is. I would put some small thin 20 to 23ga  30 to 60 turns right in front of the driver coils. Then as you pull charge to a bridge and cap, you will be able to run the motor and pickup power from the rotor and the coils as it runs. And hopefully if the timing remains the same, the motor wont use any more than it is.
Its worth a shot to try 1 coil like this to see if it works. The rotor may be dragged down some, but if it still uses very little to keep it going, you could have some good power output on the charge.
Your pickup coil is also using too thin of a wire to get good current output. The 20 to 20 ga will generate some light bulb running currents.

Mags

Xlnt Thanks Mags. The poles are alternating on both axis.

[Jimboot]

Oh  on the thin pickup coils, try to get the core to be the same size as the driver cores in dia.

Mags

Mmm ok - that hould make things a little easier actually