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Originally Posted by splocal
That is REALLY COOL!  makes me want to go make one today! Iam sure it is more complicated than it looks though, one thing I noticed was 4 transistors per coil why? maybe the power coming off the coils are too powerful for one transistor  they appeared to be hooked up to a copper strip so they would trigger at the same time, and those aren’t
2N3055's either. Look like the MJ's, I also wonder why he used an aluminum rotor as appose to an acrylic one like the rest of the device seems more expensive using metal. It would be great one day to get off the grid with a device like this! Imagine the changes that would take place in the world if we would just embrace this concept! |
Splocal, John has hooked up each coil in a master slave configuration. IF all coils are firing at the same time, then each coil doesnt need a separate trigger and you can trigger all transistors to fire all windings off of one trigger winding. This is sort of like an ampification effect with say 4 windings firing at the same time on a different transistor each as opposed to 1 transistor with four windings connected to its collector. Much stronger and much faster. The aluminum rotor looks like it was picked for mass and flywheel effect. Imagine trying to stop that with your hands at full speed
