Hey Harvey.
I don't think David's rig is not magnetically locked!
It has nothing to do with math, it's about magnet function.
David's rig does not make the right kind of field to force a lock to happen.
The magnets run better in the metal than in the air so they stray a bit from the coil used, but they are soon dispersed, and as soon as the current is stopped everything is gone, except for a remanent around the coil core as it is made of steel.
Make a small PMH and put a straight thick wire throuth the middle. Hit the wire with a big battery and the R/H thumb rule will lock it
I use a 3" split pin and laminated keeper.
That will give a better idea about the order of things.
"When the individual N and S pole magnets are started in an orbit they will never stop...." Ed. L
I don't think David's rig is not magnetically locked!
It has nothing to do with math, it's about magnet function.
David's rig does not make the right kind of field to force a lock to happen.
The magnets run better in the metal than in the air so they stray a bit from the coil used, but they are soon dispersed, and as soon as the current is stopped everything is gone, except for a remanent around the coil core as it is made of steel.
Make a small PMH and put a straight thick wire throuth the middle. Hit the wire with a big battery and the R/H thumb rule will lock it
I use a 3" split pin and laminated keeper.
That will give a better idea about the order of things.
"When the individual N and S pole magnets are started in an orbit they will never stop...." Ed. L
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