It's not "No friction!" ... but it's close. :p There's still surface drag from air resistance, plus the end-points contacts. It's still a beautiful design & display, though. :)
Do you think it would eventually melt through the plastic at the pointed end of the axle from friction, or would it throw itself apart from centrifugal force...?
Like the suspension on a car the, moving part needs to be as light as possible. it would therefore make more sense to put the copper and the solar panels on the floor and put two magnets on the rotor. I realize the magnets are heavy so its not entirely true what i say however the manufacture of my method would be a lot easier to achieve. Its still a cool machine though, but if you wanted to scale them up mass produce them it would be a nightmare.
In a word: No. It's basically a bog standard electric motor running off solar cells...so its energy output will never exceed what it takes in from the solar panels. It just spins really fast and looks impressive because it's running on an almost frictionless bearing. It you wanted this to generate power, it would be more efficient just to take the solar panels off and use them on their own. Still cool tho.
Why not construct one using super conducting materials and using it with liquid air produced by a Stirling cycle engine? Add a few mini vacuum spark gaps to produce high frequency electricity. ; )
Excellent talking piece Magnetic levitation for the bearings for minimal friction, well executed model. I'll have to try making one of these, one day!!! Excellent. Seasonal greetings from the UK
What's the point? It's just a variation of a radiometer which has been around for 175-200 years. The amount of energy being collected is so little he would have to build on 100 feet in diameter to get enough energy to light the smallest LED. Just has not practical purpose.
maravillosos y de muy buena calidad , es ta muy bien balanceado y la idea me gusto mucho .
No friction! Nice floating rotor concept! Beautiful design!
It's not "No friction!" ... but it's close. :p There's still surface drag from air resistance, plus the end-points contacts. It's still a beautiful design & display, though. :)
If nothing else, it's beautifully designed & demonstrated. :)
That is a very interesting concept and beautifully executed. Clever use of magnets to keep friction to a minimum.
Ich finde die "aufhängung" fast besser als den motor an sich. Levitierend, wie cool !
Wundervolles Stück Technik, super gamcht
Put it in a vacuum! That would be interesting. Brilliant machine.
Do you think it would eventually melt through the plastic at the pointed end of the axle from friction, or would it throw itself apart from centrifugal force...?
I'm gonna go with 'throw itself apart' as it's suspended on a magnetic field. :-)
Jimi L
Das "Ende" ist eine Stahlkugel und läuft auf einem Glasspiegel.
To Jimi L: Günter Bettinger's reply translates into English as "The "end" is a steel ball and runs on a glass mirror."
Wieder eine Meisterleistung!
Tried making one of these, getting it balanced is really tough.
sehr schöne Arbeit!
Great a spinning wheel that needs a light I really needed one of those
The point of these is to put it in the sun. Derrr!
Cooles konzept
Отличная идея. Интересно магнитные подшипники быстро испортятся или эта штука может крутиться десятилетиями
schön ~~~~!!!!!!
Вспоминается Тесла, который прогрессивные технологии хотел не для коммерческой выгоды повсеместно ввести.
Jawohl!
Hi sir your invention is great! Are you selling this? and how much? TIA
Like the suspension on a car the, moving part needs to be as light as possible.
it would therefore make more sense to put the copper and the solar panels on the floor and put two magnets on the rotor. I realize the magnets are heavy so its not entirely true what i say however the manufacture of my method would be a lot easier to achieve. Its still a cool machine though, but if you wanted to scale them up mass produce them it would be a nightmare.
Bloody hell! It's 10 months since I asked a question below. Where do I buy these if you don't want to sell me one?
Clever idea, Gunter. Rather than trying to make my own, can you sell me a finished one?
Do they work under load at all?
i was thinkong the same things. I think its just perpetual motion.
In a word: No. It's basically a bog standard electric motor running off solar cells...so its energy output will never exceed what it takes in from the solar panels. It just spins really fast and looks impressive because it's running on an almost frictionless bearing.
It you wanted this to generate power, it would be more efficient just to take the solar panels off and use them on their own. Still cool tho.
Why not construct one using super conducting materials and using it with liquid air produced by a Stirling cycle engine? Add a few mini vacuum spark gaps to produce high frequency electricity. ; )
I think everyone's ideas won one time fruit
Help! I don't read German. Has anybody done horsepower or torque readings on this thing?
Excellent talking piece
Magnetic levitation for the bearings for minimal friction, well executed model.
I'll have to try making one of these, one day!!! Excellent.
Seasonal greetings from the UK
Try using gadolinium in its build if you build one. ; )
How much power?
It's more efficient to put the solar panels static and then connect a conventional DC motor...
Speed RPM ?
So sollte ein antrieb für kraftfahrzeuge funktionieren...keine reibung super teil!
Put a fan on it.
What's the point? It's just a variation of a radiometer which has been around for 175-200 years. The amount of energy being collected is so little he would have to build on 100 feet in diameter to get enough energy to light the smallest LED. Just has not practical purpose.
Lol when something spins so fast and you thought it was spinning the other way