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Message #05577
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Ben Hitchcock" beh01@uow.edu.au
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:33:26 +0000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: magbot was electric shock disposable camera.
I've got some pictures of one of mine at
http://wollongong.apana.org.au/~ben/dragon/index.html.
There isn't much of a description, but the pictures should show you the
basics behind it.
Ben
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>From: Ripter01@aol.com
>To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>Subject: [alt-beam] magbot was electric shock disposable camera.
>Date: Mon, Aug 9, 1999, 7:03 AM
>
>In a message dated 8/9/99 1:56:19 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>arno.jansen@superconsult.nl writes:
>
>> As far as I know: A magbot, stands for magnetbot. Instead of driving a bot
>> on a motor, a electric magnet is being charged and discharged, which makes
>> the 'bot jump up, or hover, once in a while.
>>
>> Correct?
>>
>> Arno Jansen
>>
>
>Dose anyone know of a web site that tells how to make one?
>Im new and I don't understand how It can use an electric magnet to jump
>Well laterz
>-Ripter
>
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5578 Mon, 09 Aug 1999 07:46:39 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: electric shock disposable camera. beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Sean Rigter You are right but higher voltage = higher current = higher magnetic flux. If
you want to generate a high magnetic flux in a coil in a short time you need high
voltage. I don't know if the Solarbotics coil insulation can handle the voltage
but playing with HIGH VOLTAGE IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
regards
wilf
Bumper314@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/8/99 9:08:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rigter@cafe.net
> writes:
>
> > All I can think off is: Lucky guy! You could have gotten killed! That
> > kind of voltage and capacity can put your heart into fibrilation. Like
> > you personally experienced , a mag bot with a 160u/330v would take a
> > heck of a jump but is not recommended for safety reasons.
>
> really, i thought that current produced a better magnetic field then voltage.
> am i wrong? Do you think the solarbotics coils could handle that voltage?
>
> Steve
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