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Old 04-05-2014, 04:50 PM  
bean-aid
So Fucking Banned
 
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Originally Posted by beaner View Post
...HOWEVER...

I am telling you, I just tried it again and pulled apart the bottom so no way it touched the magnet. It started spinning right away.
And upon further inspection I think it does touch... double sheetz

So I created a homopolar motor, discovered in the 1800's, and it sucks as a motor because it pulls too much from the battery?

Nathan,

What about a solid copper sleeve... would that rotate the fastest? Or is it really just the number of off/on connections at the magnet connection?
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