This is the second in a series of three videos (#14, 15 and 16) describing and demonstrating my preferred “cat’s meow” magnet configuration. I show how, when operating the stator magnet 1.75 inches above the rotor magnets, movement of the MOSTAT (moving stator) is nearly effortless and yet the rotational forces are still quite good.
21. May 2009 at 10:40 pm
Hook it up to a cam- if it is going to work thats the only way
21. May 2009 at 11:43 pm
Yes, the monorail track that I am adding (beyond the outer edge of the rim) will snake inward and outward at precisely the correct timing points that are required, so it will act very much like a cam, and the stator will move correspondingly – much in the same way as a phonograph arm follows the groove at the end of a record, where it swings back and forth.
21. May 2009 at 11:56 pm
How about running it from the axel? Just have two rods that correspond to two lobes on the axel, one to move the stator one way and the other rod to move it the other. Or a spring on the stator to return it.Depends how much force is required- usually where it fails because the force needed to move the stator is equal to or greater than the force generated by the wheel magnets. You could have the stator rise and fall so you only need to have one lobe and one rod.
22. May 2009 at 4:52 am
Hi justin,
I thought long and hard about all conceivable methods of doing this, but believe I am on the right track (no pun intended) with the method I am pursuing. The greatest available force to move the stator is located at the outermost perimeter of the wheel. Adding a hefty flywheel ring at this point multiplies that force, and a monorail track at this location offers the best chance, as I see it, of making this MOSTAT method work.
22. May 2009 at 12:44 pm
Well your the inventor so I’ll watch for the next instalment. Best of fortune! I dont know if you’ve been following the Mylow ‘controversy’ but the pull-push static stator looks interesting regardless of the other questions over his honesty.
22. May 2009 at 1:04 pm
How about a weak spring mechanism keeping the stator in place to the left, and some light arms placed at the right location on the wheel which temporarily push the stator away at the right time?
23. May 2009 at 2:59 am
Hi Aquar,
Instead of trying to explain this idea, please send me a drawing of your concept. I’ll review your idea and pass it on to my project members for testing if it shows merit. Thank you, – Rick
24. May 2009 at 12:59 pm
Could you use a teflon spray on the stator arm to lubricate it fully. It might give better results with the lowest friction from the sleeve. Two thumbs up and 2 big toes to you Rickoff! A well orginized way to show your project!
25. May 2009 at 11:57 am
Yes, I could do that. The stator arm actually moves quite easily, though. The arm shown was built only for experimentation, and I am replacing it with something much better at front center, as you will soon see.
28. May 2009 at 2:13 am
you have 4 posts, you can have more stators!
make another for repelling and use the first one for atraction.
28. May 2009 at 3:08 am
Certainly one can employ as many stators as is desired, and that could be more than four. No problem. The single one I am now using employs both attraction and repulsion to advantage where those forces are wanted. The new stator carriage will be located font and center, as I will soon show.
28. May 2009 at 11:03 pm
seems you could have magnets that moved the stator
19. March 2010 at 1:05 am
You need to attach the top arm to a pulley system so the timing is right on. Also having it on the bicycle tire is causing you a minuscule amount of unwanted draw, you wont have to worry about that until a bit later though. Once you have it running then all you have to do is mount metal coils on the edges then their you go, good job I’m impressed.
22. March 2010 at 12:30 am
Thanks for your interest, 63prd. The swing arm is no longer used. You will see this change when you view the more recent videos.
22. March 2010 at 12:33 am
Yes, and sorry I missed answering your post earlier. As I think you already know, the new method does use magnetic repulsion to move the stator, or “MOSTAT,” as I call it.