thinhnghiem Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Dears, Few months ago I had chance to post topic here about a non stop engine model. Now it has been improved and works well, and I wold like to introduce my new model here. 1. Tools and facilities:- The main component of this model is a wooden toy with dragonfly shape. Its head is a rectangle which is curved upward, with long tail- A sharp pillar - A medium sizes magnet (In attached screenshot it is the round and black piece) - A tiny magnet 2. Model- Stick the tiny magnet under the tail of dragonfly shaped specimen. The gravity of magnet makes this specimen settles down toward the tail. - Then, touch the sharp peak of the rectangle head of the specimen very slightly into the top of the pillar. It makes the balance status of this dragonfly toy is very unstable. It is very easy to drop down as seen in attached screenshot - Put the medium sized magnet at the base of the pillar so that its upward pole is the same as the downward pole of the tiny one (i.e. south to south, or north to north), and they are face to face as shown in attached screenshot - Keep the whole system in an insolated room, with all doors and windows are closed to prevent air wing influence. 3. Operation:- The attraction force between 2 magnets makes the tail of the specimen is pulled down slightly, before it is up again. Then a new period starts with the up and down movement of the specimen tail, again and again etc. - The position of the medium sized magnet is adjustable so that it can give best result to the movement of the specimen. If the distance between magnets is so far, the force intensity is so weak to result in movement. Otherwise, the strong attraction force from the medium sized will also prevent the specimen from moving. I let my model there overnight to make sure that there is no stopping. And luckily it does not stop until now. I post my article here so that any interesting individual can follow and replicate my experiments. All of my expectation that you can contact me and replicate my experimentThinh from Vietnam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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