>From Michel: > 2009/5/5 OrionWorks <[email protected]>:
>> ...eddies within the rotating aluminum disk... > > Ah, is he? (your comment called for this Arthur Dent quote didn't > it Steven ;-) You've got me in the cross-hairs, Michel. I doubt my clunky prose will ever be as eloquent as Douglas Adams'. But I keep trying. ;-) > More seriously, 36 hours is no big feat, a simple pendulum can run > much longer than that while swapping potential energy with kinetic > energy, just like magmos do. > > Also, since when is aluminum "magnetic", or "ferrite material"? My "sientifec-speek" on occasion leaves something to be desired. In an attempt that is likely to be perceived as digging myself even deeper into the black hole of "low-tec Dent-speak" in lemme just say: It seems obvious to me that the alnico magnets are generating electrical currents within the aluminum disk. (Apparently, Mylow suspects this as well.) This, in turn, generates accompanying magnetic fields within the rotating aluminum disk. Methinks it's got sometin to do wit dat "Lorentz force" law, or somptin like dat. The result is that, IMO, the combination of electrical and magnetic forces is causing the alnico magnets to slowly demagnetize. Ergo, no OU. I also wanted to point out that, IMHO, Mylow should be commended instead of vilified for his efforts. OU or not, he got the disk to rotate for quite a spell. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
