Hi all,


I've in the middle of making a new test - for learning purpose ofcourse.


The new test is described as follows:


Then you have two magnets facing eachother with attraction S to N, but keep a proper space between them, a third magnet approach these two from the side, and towards the gap between the two.
If the third magnet is polarized the same direction, it first repels, then when it is close enough it starts to attract.
The other way, the third magnet will first attract, then start to repel when it is close enough.
This means that the concept repels or attracts depending on distance.


So I'm making a wheel with an array of magnets along the circumference, with polarity in the direction of the wheels axis.
One half has opposite polarization.
The hub of this wheel is eccentrical, meaning the wheel will wobble as it spins.


Surrounding this wheel, there is a stator consisting of a circle of magnets that is polarized in the direction of the axis, with same polarity through the whole circumference.


One side of the wheel, will at all times be closer, and just close enough to neither attract nor repel the stator.
The other side of the wheel will be far enough to repel on one side and attract the other side (The concept - not sure if it is so in real life)


What I want to learn, is how the behaviour is, and why the wheel possibly cannot start automatic rotation by itself. Accdording to modern physics, conservation of energy must be obeyed, right?.


I will post pics and finished product when it's done.


Vidar

The building process

"Just by looking at this drawing, I can probably
confirm where the problem is."

You musnt forget the fields outside the ring.they do play a roll too