Check this Out
Category: Electro-Mechanical Launches
As we get started building our roller coaster, we need a sufficient power source. I would like this to be "portable" so plugging it into the wall is an attractive idea. Well, you can't plug a 3 hp...
New Record Breaking Three Inversion Backyard Coaster – Tilley’s Terror
After a lot of thought and planning, I'm going to do it. After seeing the John Ivers' Blue Flash, I've wanted to make my backyard coaster with an inversion. After looking at a vertical...
How I Designed My Backyard Roller Coaster Brake and Launch System
So we are reworking the Widow's Revenge to actually work. And we are getting close, very close. In the meantime, I wanted to show you the launch system and the brake needed to hold the cart in...
Linear Motor Forces Revisited And Special Announcement – Part 6
So I messed up. Well at least for AC driven electromagnets. It turns out that everything I told you in Part 4 flips when we change voltage polarity. This is definitely going to change how our linear...
We've finally got our Linear Synchronous Motor working with 2 phases on our test bench. It has been a long time coming! Now that it is working, we need to answer the question, should we continue? All...
Best Method for Calculating the Electromagnetic Force for a LSM
Math….you either love it or you don't. Well I do, so I'm not ashamed to share it with the world. But videos like this make me nervous. There is some fuzzy math in here that I'm not necessarily...