Hi. I like the idea but don't think it can power my spaceships.

Green arrow looks like it's the point of most attraction, so it won't want to move CCW anymore.

The orange arrow looks like a point of resistance. The blue part of the rotor and stator won't want to get any closer than that, preventing the rotor from moving CCW anymore.

I have decided to build this, but not using a rod to controll the magnets orientation.
Like a wrench on wheel bolts, the rod will cause countertorque to the wheel, because the magnet want to turn the same way as the whole wheel. So I want to make a system that does not do this.
I will use slides that runs on parallell tracks which can move i both X and Y axis. When fasten on the magnet, the sledge will follow the magnet around while keeping the magnetic orientation correct.
This way, the control does not provide torque around the magnets own axis. I think.
The stator magnet will "feel" a torque in the opposite direction no matter where the rotor magnet is, so there must be a reaction force that push the rotor magnet around too.
That is what the simulations shows.


Vidar.

Not sure I fully understand the cross analogy. If the end are meters apart but the two can still come together at the center, it sounds like that might be due to the distance instead of flux not being parallel.

I'm glad you are building your design. There is much to be learned about magnetism that I don't think we yet know.

What I mean, is the same system that controls the print head on a 3D printer. See attached picture.
This mechanism has two parallell rods in the X axis and the Y axis. The print head is slinding along these rods in any possible directions in the XY plane, but keeps the orientation of the print head fixed.
If I try to turn the head, nothing happens. The head does not move in any direction. However, if I had a long rod, like I first suggested, the print head would move in the direction I want to push.


This means I apply "countertorque" in the center of the magnet, and not outside it. What happens to a wheel if tou apply force in the very center at a hub? Absolutely nothing. You must apply force off center to make it spin, and that is exactly what I don't want to.


The rod is therfor causing countertorque in the magnet, just like a socket wrench cause a wheel to turn when you loosen or tighten the wheel bolts.
I must find another way to lock the orientation of that magnet. A system that does not push the magnet in the wrong direction. Torque exist in the stator magnet all the time, I just need the rotor to to "feel" the same way.
For example, if you use a socket wrench, and point the shaft towards center of the wheel, and push on the wrench shaft at the same location as the wheel hub, you can use as much force you want on the wrench without causing the wheel to turn. This method must be adapted in a way that can follow the magnet, and still not cause countertorque.
I think (hope) that the method described above and in the picture do exactly this.


Vidar

Good info and good conclusions. Thanks for the sharing the info.

With each test, we get that much closer to our end goal so keep up the great work.