He Who Controls Magnetism
He Who Controls Magnetism
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The North American Eagle was the main subject of the documentary on the Discovery Channel. This provided the information on Magna Force who is supplying the non-contact brakes to slow the car during the speed run.
http://www.landspeed.com/Default.asp
A little about the magnetic breaking on NAE.
http://www.landspeed.com/070106.asp
Found these sites from information given on the Discovery Channel documentary About the NAE.
The first two are essentially the same company working in different directions.
http://www.magna-force.com/
http://www.levx.com/
http://www.landspeed.com/Default.asp
A little about the magnetic breaking on NAE.
http://www.landspeed.com/070106.asp
Found these sites from information given on the Discovery Channel documentary About the NAE.
The first two are essentially the same company working in different directions.
http://www.magna-force.com/
http://www.levx.com/





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Do you think the brakes are different from conventional eddy current brakes?
I used home-made magnetic couplings years ago to drive stuff inside a vacuum bell jar.
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The diagram explaining the brake showed a typical eddy current field loop.
It didn't show how the magnetic rotor would be advanced toward the other rotor.
It didn't explain how the absorbed energy would be dissipated.
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I don't think so. see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnshaw%27s_theorem
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Dan - Owner
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Show me how you make a 'cup-shaped magnet' that has a passive rotationally symmetrical magnetic field that pushes 'up' and repels your other magnet even when given a small perturbation in any horizontal direction.
You do THAT, and you could be very rich.