Magnet Motor from Argentina, part2

[cesarc]

Thank you Jason
I will follow your suggestions and I will show the results then.

[Cisco]

Hi Cesarc,

    Besides what Jason already mentioned, I think there is one other serious problem in your model. You said that the rotor lacked enough power to overcome the ramp. Looking at the steep pitch of your ramp, I'm not surprised.  From your photos, the ramp looks like it has about 45 degrees. In terms of pitch, this translates to 1 in 1 (vertical to horizontall).
    The ramp shown in Torbay's patent has a pitch of 8 in 40, or 1 in 5, which translates to 9 degrees. That is a  much flatter ramp, presenting considerably less challenge to the rotor.
Good luck,
Cisco

[cesarc]

Thank you Cisco.
I will try to reduce the angle of the ramp
Thanks very much.

[marksmachines]

It has taken me a 2 weeks of lunch times to get thru this exciting string.

Hi Cesarc,

Another problem might be the hard drive magnets you are using might be multi-pole thus not giving you a true N or S pole on one side.

As far as a shaped magnet for the rotor simply create the shape you want from steel and put the pole of the magnet against the inside of the shaped part.  The field will distribute along the face of the shaped part and the other end of the magenet will not be near the perifery of the rotor diameter.  You can not use multipole magenets for this idea at all.

For All,

Who cares about materials, speeds etc at the prototype level.  When this device is truly made to turn on its own all that stuff can be refined and power will be extracted.  We must get it to be self sustanining and the tweeking will begin.

Mark

[cesarc]

Thanks Mark.
?does the metal to make the shape have to be steel or can be any other metal?
Thank you.