Recent content by Mr 4738

I've been thinking about an idea for a while now... what if you take a rail gun set up and instead of shooting something you turn it into a motor. Just make the rails into hoops that almost touch and connect the armature to a point in the center of this. I'm wondering how armature (now a rotor)...

In the first part what do you mean by static? I think you might be getting at what I'm looking for in the second part. How is there torque loss?

So this is something I've been thinking about... Let's say you have an engine and a motor. The engine has high torque (let's just say 3,000 ft/lb) and low RPM (2 RPM) and you attach a huge gear to the end of it (10 ft circumference). A very small gear (1 inch circumference) is attached to...

That's right.. I read about the bearings (frictionless because they float I think) and I've checked out the AMSC site once or twice. I should look into how AMSC's motors/generators work some more.

Awesome! So, I don't know much about electrical engineering but it's super duper fun. Hey, Bob S are there any good books or online recources where I can learn about the terms and equations you put down a little better? I'm a visual person too so anything with pics will be good. Thanks...

Hi all! It's my first post. :cool: How is electrical energy sent into a superconducting loop for storage and taken out for use? Is there power loss during these actions? Peace!