I've been building an electromagnetic wheel (a bike wheel which rotates by electromagnetic interaction between electromagnets on the hub and permanent magnets on the rim) and I've come across an interesting problem. Currently, I've got the electromagnets mounted on the hub with the coils pointed...
I'm doing an independent study for high school, and my project is to build a wheel motor such as the one pictured http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/hiw_hybrid_infog_485.jpg" (though less complex, obviously). Essentially what I'm trying to do is to make an...