LEGO Monorail that really levitates! (MagLev)

[therealepirate]

Autism



[krizze10]

combine it with quantum levitation! and it would be awesome.

[Sunnyman2012]

useless and nothing special regarding Physics

[johnhi00]

Not much of a maglev if you have to push it around the track with your finger.

[strnhrdt]

strange that is barely moves, even though it hovers...

[Virtuoso80]

So when I crash a car into a brick wall, I can say the wall was just acting as a 'mechanical brake'.

[hideaway33]

FYI, you could propell it with a Copper wire coil, in theory.

[dolebiscuit]

My mom has the same TV.

[louieandhissunday]

your so shit

[leopoldmarsh]

That's...pretty goddamned impressive. 

[SufferTH]

thats mad dude

[EndCat47]

now do it with the "quantum locking' state

[txspeck]

Can you say nerd?

[losatta123]

Legos... OF THE FUTURE!!

[jeanlucncoelho]

you should have used 1 magnet on the train and 2 on the rail so you wouldnt get attrition with the rail

[DantendoDS]

Forever COOL!

[11Voltron11]

Geek much?

[FlipLogic]

Those little lego guys are screaming in their tiny little silent lego voices in absolute terror - what with zooming backward and forward over and over.

To me, that just makes this even cooler

[MysteriosNXT]

put the magnets in an order that makes the monorail move forward automaticly!

[bombersander]

if you make a mini contraption that will rotate the all track magnets about 45 degrees it will make the train go forward itself! the sharper the edge in degrees of the track magnets the faster the train goes!

[dvdmrtnkls]

So Elegant

[7000rab]

wow, this is fantastic 6* out of 5* XD, btw, if i build bigger magnetic rail and build motor with attached magnets could it ride ???

[CptAbusive]

this was awesome! :D

[viking1au]

Well done; 5* out of 5*

[AleHiroshi]

Very, very, very, very cool! @.@ Amazing! Good job! Good idea!

[SailorBarsoom]

Very cool. Good luck with the next phase.

[TheTehpwner]

The room in the background kindof looks like something from dead space 2 for some reason.... maybe its the suits

[jenimarie69]

wow how did you do that

[drunkalfuzzyness]

This is incredible!!! excellent job!!

[RDR8278]

I know this is inappropriate, but at 0:25 that's actually what she said.

[Curthano]

wow, thats inspiring! Hope your are still on it. Did you ever get around to acutally making a curved track?

[Bisby219]

how do you get the lego with magnets in them

[Brijtyphoon]

That's great what where did ur magnets from

[MrJustbecuase]

have u tried electromagnets to make it propel it self

[mymz01]

this reminds me of the 'Uglies' series where they use underground systems of metal and magnets to levitate buildings, cars and other stuff.

[ogdrutten]

Really nice. Keep the work up. I will follow your progress.

[gabrielthornmusic]

Loool. Now you can work on an engine for it :)

[kingofthebacon]

ITS HAAAAAAAAAAX AND UBER PHOTOSHOPZ :) lol this is cool i remember watching this like along time ago :)

[MajorasTriforce]

YOU ROCK DUDE :D

[RockerHU]

BURLIIANT!

[Denis123lol]

try to make it bigger :P

[skaterguitarfreak7]

you should make the monorail closed powered on own and more cars

[odObo01]

Great job :)

[thugdoutDUNN]

insaneeeeee! love it!

[MrTrainboy1]

cool

[vlegra1]

You are psycho!!!! Great!!

[dragonparty2]

lol...your voice.

LOVE the vid though, good job!!! 5/5

[NCriss1234]

@dragonparty2

Yes, I hate the sound of my voice. Thanks for pointing it out! But thanks for the comments anyway! ;)

[mrlipux]

@NCriss1234 nice voice ;)

[bruckator]

@NCriss1234

if you like, you can try voice training!

[LegoBrickfilmer23]

@NCriss1234 That TV in the background is that a mickey Disney TV? And do you have the matching VHS and DVD player?

[maxtor102]

@NCriss1234 have your sinus's checked out no pun intended



[aresorum]

Nice work!

[legostowne]

That is really awesome, but how did you get the magnets to fit in the lego pieces, and where did you get the magnets?

To power it, the real trains put a few magnets at an angle which pushes it, you may not even need a motor (to control it just make it swivel in different directions). But if that can't be done, a small motor connected to a fan might push it, but that seems unreliable.

[NCriss1234]

Thanks for the comment!

I have more postings that show the magnets up close at MocPages. Search 'MagLev' and you should find it.

Also, I buy my magnets online from KJMagnetics.

Getting them to fit and the whole thing to work is more complicated than it probably looks! :) I've been working on propelling the train and I can tell you it's not easy. I don't have that perfected yet, but I will have a new video with a much larger/cooler moon base soon.

[Kaiser325]

@NCriss1234 And what specific magnets from KJ magnetics did you use?

Do they also fit on Technic beam's holes?

[NRCriss]

@Kaiser325 I'll dig up my notes and get back to you on the sizes (we just moved to the station is packed-up), but yes there are sizes that fit perfectly inside of Technic beam holes. There are also ones that fit in cylinders (1x1 round bricks) and pips (1x1 round plates). The biggest problem with the beam hole is how to hold the magnets in place while not overbuilding and thus reducing the force of the magnets. Consider "SNOT" (studs not on top) building techniques for that...

[Kaiser325]

@NRCriss Thanks a lot! I thing of filing the bottom of the technic beam with a 1xn plate and turn that up side down.

[lego53349]

awesome!!!

[CHRIS1974100]

I hope that the Maglev will the next transportation system of the future

[LegoMovieMan44]

@CHRIS1974100 It probably will.

[bazmarc]

nice use of a bucket of magnets :D

[davehand]

you are a genius. Nicely done

[IstvanOrosi]

That's pretty cool :)

[MiniBoy70]

Ok i know how to do it put a magnet inside and one inside the rails but no way i can make it

[dancerocker343]

why do you need a brake at the end?

[NCriss1234]

The train is surprisingly forceful with even a moderate push. It takes quite a large support wall to prevent the train from going over. The normal amount of tension in LEGO bricks means that just a 1 brick thick wall is not strong enough. I found a spring-loaded brake didn't need to be quite so overbuilt and was easier on the train too.

Note: in the future I'd like to make a magnetic brake. This should be possible.

[HandHeld589]

where did you git it at

[snr51]

That's amazing!!! Congratulations!!!

[3riversrambler]

cool

[sktavdr]

if you use a "duorail," with the train's fins running in the middle, you can have track junctions without any moving parts.

[NCriss1234]

Great idea, I'll have to try that in some future version of it. It gets tricky with these magnets, though. I can't overstate who strong they are. The magnetic fields are enough to make them jump out of the bricks if they aren't secured strongly enough.

[comenter27]

nice! how did you get the magnets in the lego

[NCriss1234]

You can buy them small enough to fit inside elements like hollow 1x1 trans. bricks, the center wholes of Technic plates, cylinders and even 1x1 round plates (pips)...

[NCriss1234]

See still photos and more info at my MocPages site. Go to my profile page and click the website URL on the left.

[SaberUmbra]

Great job man! I saw this on mocpages.