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Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 05:02:19 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Mark Benz writes:

Now all it needs is propulsion!

Could a wheel of rotating magnets propel it?

Right now you have all the magnets polarised the same, presumably... if you
did something with spacing, can you have the magnets alternate? Have to
think about this a bit... but with altnerating magnets there's something for
the wheel to rotate toward.



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  Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW
 
(...) So it would "walk" on the magnets? Or would the wheel be powered from the car with a batterey and motor? -M (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW
 
(...) But you need to keep the same polarisation to make the train float. How would you stop the suspension magnets from snapping forward onto the alternating ones? All I can think of is a third row of alternating magnets which your wheel works (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW
 
Hi, In case you missed it at the diner, or didn't make it to BW '03, (or a BayLTC pizza meeting) Ross showed the prototype Maglev vehicle and short "track" that he and I built. Eric Sophie was kind enough to snap and post a pic of it. Its at: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf) ! 

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