Froment Like Electric Solenoid Engine

This engine is loosely modelled after an 1800's Froment electric motor. Only difference is I used solenoids instead of coils and an armature

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• electric
• solenoid
• engine
• motor

[vxcriss]

Here's a question, isn't the friction added to the system through the addition of the crankshaft causing the energy-usage/power-output to be worst than the energy-usage/power-output rate of a classic rotary electric engine?

[cffellows]

Yep, not a very powerful or efficient engine, but it sure is purty... Chuck

[EETechs]

@vxcriss In the rotary design of DC motors the magnetic field is always present at ALL positions of the motor's rotor where as these solenoid motors need flywheels to coast it through those positions of rotation that the solenoid is not moving the rod on the crankshaft. Rotary DC motors are therefore much more powerful torque wise and HP wise and the fact the since they increase in torque as more load is applied whereas these motors have fixed torque value.

[cffellows]

The solenoids were purchased from Ebay. All the rest I machined out of brass and steel using a mill and a lathe.

[Gingeralerocks]

yea it was a little touchy though, im still messing with it in my spair time

[budsiskos]

oh, i meant this question for the comment underneath with the christmas train set

[cffellows]

I don't understand your question?

[budsiskos]

did you get it to work?

[Gingeralerocks]

thats pretty good im working on a similar engine myself for science fair except im going to power an old x-mas train along the set of tracks