My old office had a metal floor. With your magnets placed in the shoes of the draftsmen, we could have gotten some work done.
Of course we'd flip the magnets for my shoes and I could glide across. JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA > From: Simon Van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Radius Systems > Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:32:42 -0800 > To: "Zb. Michalczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Rare earth magnets as wing retention devices? > > I have a couple of 3" x 1.25" x .75" rectangular neodymiums, if they > were allowed to move towards one another due to their own magnatism, the > rate of closure/impact would cause them to shatter. > > If they were allowed to come together (under control), the force > required to separate would be in excess of 400Lb. Sliding them apart > with extreme care, by two sets of hands and pieces of wood, is the only > safe way to get them apart. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
