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From: emcalc@sugar.UUCP (William M. Schmidt)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: magnetic propulsion
Message-ID: <1874@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 88 03:43:48 GMT
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Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: It's been done. The main formula is the Lorentz Force Law


What you have described can certainly be done. A young man here in
Houston built such a device and did very well at a science fair that
I recently judged. The main formula that you use is, of course the
Lorentz Force Law ( F = iL x B). You'll probably find that your biggest
problem will be the coils overheating. As they get hot their resistance
goes up and the voltage required to drive the projectile goes up.