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Robin07
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I've made a possible compass?
I've fashioned a rotating permanent magnet rotor with four poles, like poles are opposite to each other. I made this to take advantage of the gyroscopic effect that would be realized at various rpms. The rotor is being pulsed by a DC pulse-coil to start and aid in its rotational momentum. This has worked well as per design. What I didn't anticipate was that the rotation of the rotor would start to slow down and reverses when and only when its rotated from its starting point @~<360 degrees. This revving up and reversing oscillation continues until you disconnect the power. This is not what I had expected. Please do take note that the current path is through the center rotor shaft. This I understand to contribute to rotation as well.
The reason I'm posting this in Earth Siences is that I suspect that this mechanism is orienting itself to our/Earths magnetic field. Is this even possible? Short of me taking readings on various spots around the globe.
Thanks for your responses in advance
Robin
I've fashioned a rotating permanent magnet rotor with four poles, like poles are opposite to each other. I made this to take advantage of the gyroscopic effect that would be realized at various rpms. The rotor is being pulsed by a DC pulse-coil to start and aid in its rotational momentum. This has worked well as per design. What I didn't anticipate was that the rotation of the rotor would start to slow down and reverses when and only when its rotated from its starting point @~<360 degrees. This revving up and reversing oscillation continues until you disconnect the power. This is not what I had expected. Please do take note that the current path is through the center rotor shaft. This I understand to contribute to rotation as well.
The reason I'm posting this in Earth Siences is that I suspect that this mechanism is orienting itself to our/Earths magnetic field. Is this even possible? Short of me taking readings on various spots around the globe.
Thanks for your responses in advance
Robin
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