Mendocino Motor - solar powered, magnetically levitated !

[OwNeD05]

yep, another "perpetum mobile"......



[aloywkd]

because it has no friction....does that mean it can go infinitely fast? 0.o

[AlastairWright]

@aloywkd It has friction from the air and from the spindle which rests on the mirror at the back of the motor.

[poopdood321JP]

Does this mean levitating cars (no wheels) are just around the corner? ;)

[MucusFelidae]

@poopdood321JP "are just around the corner?"

Yes, but they are likely to stay there.

[guillerm004]

Which produces more energy, the solar panels or the kinetic energy from the rotations? Is there a way of harnessing both at the same time?

[q7spiz]

Awesome.

[Dawid4Real]

that is beautiful. . . . i wish i could buy this in store. . .

[lucica93]

Fucking magnets!! How do they work?

[pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR]

wait what?? ok so your light bulbs produce UV rays?

[Jesus45U]

That's a cool little thing. :)

[Carminesilano]

awesome!!!

[billigerfusel]

brilliant

[MrJustdontcare]

where can i buy a kit for this?

[Blacklemon67]

be nice to hook it up as a windchime :D

[AlastairWright]

But the solar panels are generating electricity already. If you wanted to generate electricity then you would just use the panels on their own.

[saintveil]

@AlastairWright - A LONG FLEXABLE CABLE OR TUBE ON THE SHAFT TO DO WORK...

[phildadrummer]

@AlastairWright Alastair is Wright (play on words there - sorry)

energy can only be changed, not created, in fact if you were to generate electricity from the motor you would be storing less electricity than the solar panel alone because some of the energy is lost through small amounts of friction (the friction changes the kinetic energy into heat energy)

[AlastairWright]

@phildadrummer

Exactly. Many people don't understand that.

[TheLokito09]

@AlastairWright The panels generate electricity, but the motor converts the electricity into mechanical force.

[izzyman529]

@AlastairWright perhaps the solar panels put out a different form of energy than the motor, also this might be more efficient becasue there is less distance that the electricity has to travel and be converted to different amps and volts to power the motor. also the motor might put out more electricity in certain circumstances that the solar cells would have by themselves

[cowscrotus]

@AlastairWright motors are used to produce kinetic energy (get stuff moving). This is an electrical motor, meaning it converts electricity into kinetic energy. Of course it would be useless to convert electricity to kinetic energy and back to electricity again. Hope this clears it up ;)

[MucusFelidae]

@cowscrotus "kinetic energy and back to electricity again"

Most, but not all, types of motors can be used both ways.

[TheLokito09]

@AlastairWright The motor converts electricity into mechanical force. Yes, you could get the solar panels to power a regular electric motor and it would generate more force, but the magnets add style points.

[frcz10]

excelente! muchas felicidades..

[excimero]

cool!!!!

[jamessanger]

amazing. what an ingenius thing...

[SurleyBlaine]

This one's the best balanced I've so far.

Very good.

[Nullflux8ight]

Nice job, thanks for posting the vid. Can you tell us the voltage and amperage each PV cell you used is, and did you hook the two cells in series or parallel to supply power to one of the coils? Thanks again, great demonstration.

[jakob149]

can you show how to make one please?

[blyid1]

COOL !!

[Anubis1372]

excellent...love that

[michelfijn]

no friction !?

[racerx007666]

There must be, but i'd say very liitle.

[modmadmike2]

the friction is mainly the air surrounding it.

[afamelanotide]

This is actually best known as "pseudo-levitation" because the spinning component is not levitating in free space but actually presses against the mirror on the right side of the shot.

Afa

[alientechshop]

nicely done

[EVARISTO66]

buena idea genial sigue probando

[un0holy]

great!

[goldslinger]

Very Nice ! !

I love these things !

[CalicoatMaker]

whats the cosine angle theta of this? could you change it with capacitance or inductance without unbalancing it?

[Pujc]

Tök ász!

[RamonaSteam]

Extraordinary!! No easy task to create from just plans.

[MARIANOIGUANA]

exelente, capo Mendocino, muy buena interaccion entre magnetismo y energia solar

[jkovima]

Hey... que chevere !!!

[gregtestagent]

I should research it but are there generators of some sort that actually use magnetic propulsion? adding photo voltaic cells to the mechanism was genius. I can see how this particular idea could replace our current installations for electric power generators.

[scottnebo]

all electric motors use magnetic propulsion ... D/C and A/C motors. Using the magnets as frictionless bearings are great.

[sb6lb3]

yeah a generator is basicly a motor in reverse

[G3n3r4lf3ldm4rsch4ll]

Nice!!

[PInApPle3909]

omg thats is just so cool :)

[jauchzetgott]

A gueboo!!! freee energy!!! que se joda bush

[electric789]

sorry the coils wouldnt go on the spindle, the 2nd set of magnets would.

[joshep2cam]

where can i find the construction plans? i've already send a email but i havent get a response...onyone? i would like to build and improve this design if i can

[AlastairWright]

Click "more info" at the top right of the page.

[AHIMSAAHIMSA]

Well done - impressive!

[StudioComposer]

Regrettably the torque can only be expected to be generally proportional to the amount of light that the device receives.

This is clearly why bearings are eliminated - to minimise friction..

For any class, stuff like this would be far more interesting, challenging, and inspiring than simply watching a few cheap magnets attract and repel on a desk.

No wonder kids are looking to Xbox and PS3 to exercise their minds !

[ZionistWorldOrder]

great!

[Vyggy]

Look at the title. Mendocino motor- :solar powered:, magnetically levitated.

Works by light.

[bestsellerseries]

that is realy cool

[illiadum]

That's pretty neat!

[DarkMaverik]

Not really. Perpetual motion insinuates that the device powers itself. This isn't anything remotely like perpetual motion as it relies of solar power to function.

[qazplmthv]

that's beautiful, thanks for posting, i might have to try and build one of these

[turboroz]

this is great!!!

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

now that is cool... does it come in kit or did you built it?

[AlastairWright]

You can buy them built or as plans direct from the maker - I can't post the link so google Mendocino Motor

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

ok thanks i have bunch of solar motors but that i dont have... thanks

[redld16]

amazing!!

[twdarkflame]

omg..this is so neat. Its just the solar cell most getting the light will be the one on top...thus triggering the electromagnet slightly, thus turning it...thus changing which one is on top :D

Nice!

[boxa888]

great i love the maggnetic bearings thats what i find really cool and also how u got the solar panels to do that very cool

[gt4awd]

How does the electromagnet work? Do the solar panels just power the electromagnet at the right time to make it an opposing magnet?

[veryvexed]

That's neat!