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    Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Matthew Gerber
     (...) 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 —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) yes to both... (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Jason J. Railton
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Ya, that's the problem. my thinking is that it's not a 1-1 alternation but maybe 2 in one dir for 1 the other, and the magnets on the car body (which would have to be a lot longer body to allow for more magnets) are staggered so that a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
 

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