Latest update from Eric Vogels
A minato Patent 4,751,486
They are a follow up of my experiments with the
minato wheel. The first picture on the left is a 30 cm wheel and the
right one is a 1000 mm wheel. Magnets are pointing in the same
direction: 30 degrees against radius. The strange thing is: the small wheel
reacts directly when a big magnet is coming close: it turns into the right
direction and gets a real 'kick' but since the wheel is so light, it stops
when the first magnets on the wheel have to pass the stator magnet again. The
big wheel doesn't want to turn at all. Maybe the stator magnet has to be very
big. Soon I can 'see' the magnetic fields on both wheel. Maybe there is a difference.
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Eric Continues to improve the balance and
construction of the Wheels. He continues to test! Here is the latest 2 videos of
the most recent test - posted 1/15/03.
Video 1
Video 2
Video3
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Video4
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