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Do you think you can enlighten me as to which is hooked to which, as I cannot seem to figure it out. thanks

I think this was my problem, I had each coil hooking up to 2 of the commutator segments, and not to any of the other coils. Does it matter which commutator segment I hook it up to? thanks

Basically my question is should I go ahead with the design in the video, or is there a better way to build this motor than that offered in the video? (Sorry about the second post, but I can't figure out how to edit my original post)

I'm trying to build a motor like the one in this http://youtube.com/watch?v=h6Ev64h49wg&feature=related". I can't seem to figure out how the split ring works. From what I can tell, only one solenoid would be powered at a time, but wouldn't that be inefficient? Also if only one is powered...