Electromagnetic Accelerator Improvements Part II

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • Update 9/5/2021 - STL Files in link below:
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    In this video I make a new version of my ring accelerator that's capable of propelling steel balls 15 times faster than my first design. This is the second part in a series about improving accelerator coils
    Here's some technical specs:
    Input voltage: 24V
    Number of coils: 4
    Wire Gauge: 24AWG
    Coil Current: 13A
    Coil ID: 1.1"
    Coil OD: 1.4"
    Coil Length: 0.5"
    Coil turns: 200
    The final outer diameter is ~2" due to the addition of steel wire to create a magnetic flux guide or "shell".
    FET Type: IRLZ44N
    On time: ~8 ms at max. speed
    Energy input per pulse: 2.6J
    Ball mass: 65 grams
    Ball kinetic energy: ~0.52J
    Part I:
    • Electromagnetic Accele...
    Previous Accelerator design:
    • Electromagnetic Ring A...
    Music:
    Serge Pavkin - Fractal
    • Free Music / Tech Futu...
    Serge Pavkin - Tech
    • Free Music / Corporate...
    Serge Pavkin - Unknown

КОМЕНТАРІ • 2,7 тис.

  • @HyperspacePirate
    @HyperspacePirate  2 роки тому +472

    Hi Guys,
    Thanks for your views and support. I'd like to clarify a few common questions / comments about this device:
    -I think the maximum speed I saw was around 400 RPM.
    -Yes, this is effectively just a coilgun bent into a closed loop.
    -Yes, this the principles are very similar to a particle accelerator. However, in most particle accelerator configurations, an *electric* field is used to generate most of the forward acceleration, whereas magnetic fields are used for confinement (or focusing, in the case of an electron beam). Creating useable forces from electric fields requires tremendous voltages, and special electrical insulators to prevent arcing.
    -Yes, the track could probably be balanced by the use of another ball 180 degrees out of phase, but it would increase the complexity of the coil control considerably to ensure the balls remain approximately 180 degrees apart. Left to their own devices, I've found that the phases between multiple balls will drift at random.
    -Yes, a similar device could be created using an electrical current through liquid mercury. This is known as magnetohydrodynamics. Mercury is very expensive and difficult to acquire in the United States because of the health hazards.
    -It's *not* a perpetual motion machine (implying 100% efficiency). In fact, I believe it's less that 5% efficient. 95% of the energy going into this from the battery is just heating up the coils.
    -It's *not* capable of flying like a "UFO". I think this idea comes from the notion of "inertial propulsion" where some people have mistakenly confused the torque generated by a high speed gyroscope with translational force required for flight. A gyroscope on a shaft can appear to lift itself against gravity, but the lifting is generated by torque, so it depends on having one end of the shaft firmly forced against the ground.
    -It's *not* going to be able to recover power from the moving ball with a "generator" coil. This is because the ball is not magnetized. This would be possible with a permanent magnet ball, but the efficiency of the recovery would probably be extremely poor.

    • @HusnainAliJohnMughal
      @HusnainAliJohnMughal 2 роки тому +3

      use small rollers to recover energy

    • @G0ldmoon
      @G0ldmoon 2 роки тому +3

      Hey, I always imagined something like this for a "gun" type design, where the shape of the "gun" would be a 6 or 9 with a gate at the junction of the neck of those numbers. when you wish to fire the "gun" the junction would open, turning the circle design into a open barrel design. What are your thoughts, would it be possible to open the junction accurately and quickly enough to allow for that, with the 6/9 design I'd imagine centrifugal force/centripetal force would accommodate a lower angle of turn, pushing it to the new lane which would essentially be the barrel.
      also plumbers tape or teflon tape is cheap and easy to access, and cheap to reduce friction.
      lastly look at stuff used for liquid cooling PC's there are acrylic (plexiglass) or PETG (polyethylene terephthalate), they are full tube's and will have less imperfections and blemishes, and you can get better tools to shape them perfectly. using fittings to build rigidity.

    • @HusnainAliJohnMughal
      @HusnainAliJohnMughal 2 роки тому +2

      @@G0ldmoon its better for metal arrow to accelerate it further to increase fps

    • @edwardandrade4390
      @edwardandrade4390 2 роки тому +1

      Very cool, great job sir. I'd love to try

    • @Albertkallal
      @Albertkallal 2 роки тому +3

      But could not some software be introduced to time the trigger and keep the balls 180 off set? Or even better would be 3 balls or 4!

  • @ecicce6749
    @ecicce6749 2 роки тому +2291

    I would love to see a project like this escalated to an absolute maximum. Like starting from this what is the next step to increase speed? More coils? More Power? Decrease friction, perfect timing? Vacuum? better materials? Cooling? synchronize 2 balls for better stability? Would love to see this getting perfected to the absolute extreme near the breaking point of every component. I love projects like these. please continue!

    • @rahuldeo2047
      @rahuldeo2047 2 роки тому +176

      To add
      Use maglev to decrease friction can be the root for all other points like increase speed etc.

    • @nukechicken4862
      @nukechicken4862 2 роки тому +88

      If scaled and researched we could probably make this into a space station gravity generator

    • @bootstraphan6204
      @bootstraphan6204 2 роки тому +93

      @@nukechicken4862
      "If scaled and researched we could probably make this..."
      ...A MAGNETOSPHERIC GENERATOR FOR MARS!!!

    • @forestrosenthal5242
      @forestrosenthal5242 2 роки тому +26

      The track doesnt look perfect round

    • @Anklejbiter
      @Anklejbiter 2 роки тому +116

      @@nukechicken4862 that's... not how gravity works?

  • @OfficiallySnek
    @OfficiallySnek 2 роки тому +350

    Ah yes, the Drywall Hole Puncher 400

  • @robindebreuil
    @robindebreuil 3 роки тому +78

    This is a fantastic project. You should submit it to somewhere like hackaday so more people can see this. Really great work, thanks for sharing it!

  • @BlinkRepeat
    @BlinkRepeat 9 місяців тому +16

    Try adjusting the distance between the coils and the sensors, and add delays that decrease as the speed increases, so that as the ball goes faster the coils can "adjust" their activation times to get more speed out of it. You could make a clock like system using the four sensors to gage the speed changes too.

  • @DrLuke-lp5vz
    @DrLuke-lp5vz 2 роки тому +56

    Nice idea, I'd suggest adding a little more signal processing and timing systems to the control circuitry, working out the velocity of the accelerated mass and adjusting the magnetic pulse to account for the speed. As the ball gets faster you seem to be hitting the limits of your timing control system as there does appear to be a maximum speed (based on the audio). You could move the light gate sensors a little further from the coils and add a small delay or compensator to the trigger pulse that can be adaptively changed based on the calculated velocity to maximise the achievable top speed.

    • @Br0nyAn0myn0u5
      @Br0nyAn0myn0u5 Рік тому +2

      I think your idea could work better if it was instead two sensors for each coil that calculated the velocity of the ball and then determined the best timing for the coils.

    • @paiggey
      @paiggey Рік тому

      you could also use this to measure the acceleration of each ball and the energy stored as well for fun. @@Br0nyAn0myn0u5

    • @obsurdhotdog8442
      @obsurdhotdog8442 6 місяців тому

      I'm building something similar with a microcontroller as the brains, so I have fine grain control over all of that.

  • @anventia
    @anventia 2 роки тому +47

    5:14 If you put 2 or 3 balls stationary next to each other, then accelerate another into them, will it act like a Newton's Cradle, with only 1 ball going around at a time, sending the next in line around when it hits the back of the line?

    • @electedsphinx4086
      @electedsphinx4086 2 роки тому +18

      It would quickly fail and send all 4 balls around making it extremely unstable, we built electromagnetic accelerators in stem when I was in highschool and tested multiple applications and variations it was extremely fun and knowledgeable for us engineers, i remember trying Newtons cradle and it only worked on the one we built in a diy vacuum chamber

    • @boonyawesirimaha6385
      @boonyawesirimaha6385 2 роки тому

      @@electedsphinx4086 Y...You have that experiment in highschool? Now I want to move and start my family over where you live.

    • @keithking1985
      @keithking1985 2 роки тому +1

      @@electedsphinx4086 I agree. A Newton's Cradle are held by wires and move on a vertical curve. But the wires holding the ball are crux in the idea here. But still ideas are still helping coz someone might have something similar were that might be a perfect fix for a problem.

    • @victormuckleston
      @victormuckleston 2 роки тому +1

      the stationary balls would slowly move back as the incoming ball stops at 1 ball diameter at the rear.

    • @anventia
      @anventia 2 роки тому

      @@victormuckleston true, didn't think of that.

  • @FaeraGaelwyn
    @FaeraGaelwyn 3 роки тому +82

    Just keep doubling the number of electromagnet coils.
    After that you just need some sort of firing mechanism. ;)

  • @stevemeacham6880
    @stevemeacham6880 2 роки тому +290

    In the 80’s I created one using old-school techniques. The track was much larger, on the order of a couple of meters around. The track was three rails, with the outer rails conductive neutral and the middle rail non-conductive, but with a hot conductive surface right before each coil. The metal ball would make contact between the hot and one or the other neutrals, and the ball itself completed a circuit that energized the next coils (or several coils). The middle rail wasn’t actually conductive like the outer rails. Rather, it had a conductive surface only where it needed it to allow the ball itself to make or break the circuit.
    No microcontroller. No PCB boards. Just wires (lots and lots of wire), heavy duty foil, solder, the rails, bracing, and a safety shield. And sparks, but those were fun!
    And it was fast AF. Only friction, air resistance, and probably residual impedance to limit the speed.

    • @ddegn
      @ddegn 2 роки тому +21

      That sounds so cool! I'd love to see a video of it in action. Those sparks sound like a lot of fun.
      I just ordered a bunch of magnet wire and 1" ball bearings myself. I plan to go the opposite direction and use a microcontroller. I'm planning on using the microcontroller to optimize the timing of the coils.

    • @thefunniestfarm4731
      @thefunniestfarm4731 2 роки тому +23

      So, basically a rail gun in a loop, or am I missing something here?

    • @stevemeacham6880
      @stevemeacham6880 2 роки тому +10

      @@thefunniestfarm4731 no, it is a primitive railgun in a loop. If there were a way to

    • @stevemeacham6880
      @stevemeacham6880 2 роки тому +11

      Tablet slipped while typing, oops…YES. Mine was meant to be like a rail gun in a loop. I had considered making a segment that could open the track or at least the middle rail, and allow the projectile to escape (shoot), but never did. As a projectile launcher, it wouldn’t have been that good. I measured the speed to be around 120 m/s IIRC. That’s about 1/3 the speed of sound, so way slower than most real guns. Also, accuracy would’ve sucked because of an unstable round ball. But, it still merited a safety shield for the operator. It didn’t work perfectly. The idea to open the track may have had some inspiration from bad runs.

    • @skytek7081
      @skytek7081 2 роки тому +9

      @@thefunniestfarm4731 Coilgun. Coilgun is magnetics acting on a projectile like this. A Railgun is more like a projectile bridging the highly energized rails creating magnetic fields along the length that push it.

  • @LooseGripHandle
    @LooseGripHandle 2 роки тому +9

    Reduce your friction, use metal rounded guide rails for the ball to travel along, and you should also bolt it down because I'm sure each time the ball passes at high rpm it can warp the plastic causing friction banding effects.

    • @swamiohm5681
      @swamiohm5681 2 роки тому

      Needs magnetic levitation + air tight transparent tube. If the ball itself is magnetic and has a light on it, it would make it fun.

    • @daydream605
      @daydream605 2 роки тому

      @@swamiohm5681 im not sure plastic would suffice when the rpm is at high speed. I think even metal rails can move at high enough speeds.
      Magnetic levitation is awsome but liquid nitrogen super position due to the quantum effects could prove interesting also

  • @comeasyouare4545
    @comeasyouare4545 2 роки тому +4

    Oh! I see you built a wobble drive. As the ball is pulled through, and accelerates the mass is increased. For a brief second. If you could have it always trigger in the direction of movement, you'd have a good space propulsion system that doesn't require the expulsion of mass.

  • @37gang37
    @37gang37 2 роки тому +227

    I would recommend a micro controller to do the triggering of the coils. This will help you control the ontime of the coils depending on the balls velocity. And you can also monitor the balls speed in real time. Nice project

    • @corbinduncan1272
      @corbinduncan1272 2 роки тому +5

      exactly what i was gonna say lol, I saw a similar linear accelerator that used microcontrollers and hall sensors.

    • @coccoborg
      @coccoborg 2 роки тому +11

      Depending on speed and code efficiency, a microcontroller may just not be fast enough. An analog circuit is only affected by propagation of the signals, rise times etc... In a digital circuit with microcontrollers you have processing happening on top of all the rest and it adds lag.

    • @Yranax
      @Yranax 2 роки тому +12

      @@coccoborg the most uC are more than fast enought for this aplication, 210MHz should be totally overkilled and thats still not the fastest uC.

    • @teddycook1299
      @teddycook1299 2 роки тому +11

      @@Yranax you’re quoting a clock speed which is useful for knowing how a system will handle heavy loads. This kind of data processing is extremely light and I/O latency is a more relevant figure, which has nothing to do with clock speed. Any microprocessor, no matter how small, will be significantly more latent than an analog circuit.

    • @Yranax
      @Yranax 2 роки тому +16

      @@teddycook1299 im in electrical engineering for over 20 years.
      And the time constant of this system is dominated by the mechanical properties.
      A uC is way faster than the hole system, even faster than the power switches that are used. So there is no problem with latency. An analog circuit could do the job, but a uC will be more convinient and has the ability to controle complex tasks. It is almost impossible to create an analog circuit, that will position multiple balls to a wanted set point. Uc will do the job and even more. and 210MHz are just a number, right. the rise and fall times could be way faster. And another thing to mention, a uC hase some handy peripherals. For example, an ADC in combination with DMA and PWM could controle the hole system.
      There is no complex calculation to be done to controe the inductors, so there is no advantage in using analog circuits.

  • @StephanBuchin
    @StephanBuchin 2 роки тому +80

    Great project. Lack of rigidity induces oscillations that seem to slow or accelerate the ball, depending on their phase relative to the ball position.

    • @wlockuz4467
      @wlockuz4467 2 роки тому

      I think the track is not a perfect circle because of the coil modules

    • @GeorgeTsiros
      @GeorgeTsiros Рік тому +1

      you can also accelerate the ball using these oscillations

    • @arsh_arora10
      @arsh_arora10 9 місяців тому

      Can you tell if we take 2 powerful magnets parallel to each other facing their like poles and put a mettalic ball in the setup will it accelerate? I thought this because I want to make a low budget accelerator for science fair project in school and you know something like this will be an absolute centre of attraction.

  • @dallinhmic
    @dallinhmic 2 роки тому +45

    It looks like to me you made a sensor brushless motor. really quite impressive good job.

    • @inverse2k1
      @inverse2k1 Рік тому +1

      it's a coreless switched reluctance motor.

    • @w花b
      @w花b Рік тому +2

      @@inverse2k1 Uuuh no. It's actually a transistorized ionic cyclic motor

    • @nickmccurdie1214
      @nickmccurdie1214 Рік тому +6

      @@w花b it’s a speedway

    • @greghoward1197
      @greghoward1197 Рік тому +3

      @@nickmccurdie1214 it's a trap

    • @Alienami
      @Alienami Рік тому +1

      The sensors were failing to always activate, which can be seen by the LEDs.
      This is why the two balls would eventually hit each other.
      Induction sensors would be better, even though they would take some momentum away.

  • @TheAnticorporatist
    @TheAnticorporatist Рік тому +1

    Man, I really hope that the Chinese aren’t building a huge one of those on the dark side of the moon.

  • @lionofthesea5139
    @lionofthesea5139 Рік тому +10

    Dude this is amazing! Small improvements might be to test the friction of the 3d print material and see if you can replace or cover it with something with less friction allowing less energy loss and higher speed, then maybe even doubling the electro magnets you use to improve output, but I think at very high speeds and a high latency detection system causes a max speed, so if you could possibly try and reduce latency or go around this problem, one trick is to have a speed sensor on the track and keep track of the balls speed, with this info calculate with a separate pc board the time it takes that it would travel to the magnet and then activate it with this method, also having the current infa-red sensors to improve the calculations? secondly I like the open design but the balls might hit into the walls of the magnets or even as seen fling off, so to prevent this make a better curve at the top wall not allowing it to fling off and making it perfectly line up with the magnet walls, since even a 1mm difference gap could cause energy loss and stagger the performance. I am highly invested in this since I find this extremely interesting and I would love to see how these ideas might improve your current design!!

  • @downflatdown6604
    @downflatdown6604 2 роки тому +154

    I noticed a defect in the design of your track. When making your track, you neglected to subtract the length of the track, that is occupied by each of the coil modules. This additional, strait, segment of added track, warped the perfect circle, produced by your printer. Of course it still works. But, I would like to see how stable it would operate with the correction.

    • @RyanBarnes
      @RyanBarnes 2 роки тому +11

      Came here to say exactly this. The coil modules add that bit of straight that cause the ball to travel in a short but straight line. This causes the ball to impact on the track losing momentum. Could the coils be designed in such a way that they could slide over your track segment rather than be an extension of it?

    • @nathund1
      @nathund1 2 роки тому +7

      you're right but that level of precision is a little much for a free physics demonstration on youtube

    • @VagPoop_
      @VagPoop_ 2 роки тому +1

      Basically, it sucks.

    • @TalkingToLeedskalnin
      @TalkingToLeedskalnin 2 роки тому +17

      @@VagPoop_ Sorry, let's see yours?

    • @aegisraven1284
      @aegisraven1284 2 роки тому

      Its a circle,no straight sections thanks though

  • @Davidlahall
    @Davidlahall 2 роки тому +17

    You made my dream machine and called it an accelerator...it's crazy how more that one person think up the same things. You're awesome though. Kudos.

    • @DFX2KX
      @DFX2KX 2 роки тому +2

      well, if two people have similar basic knowledge (electromagnets make things move, for instance), then there's nothing stopping two or even more people from coming up with similar ideas. Bows where invented at least twice, writing, at least three times, ect. The full descriptor of such a gadget is a cyclic accelerator. linear accelerators do not form a circle and just throw things.
      Large particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider also work this way. So you stumbled across an idea that's pretty popular for scientific reearch.

    • @superzolosolo
      @superzolosolo 2 роки тому

      @@DFX2KX thing make thing go vroom

  • @repalmore
    @repalmore 2 роки тому +67

    The balls ran slower after you added the wall to keep them from flying out. I'm sure you know this already but as a sphere rolls the surface near the axis of rotation has a lower surface feet per minute than the equator of the sphere. Is it possible the arc of the track is near that of the steel ball? If you make the track noticeably larger in it's cross section diameter only the equator of the steel ball will be in contact regardless of where it is on the track. In example, 25mm ball make the track 40mm or more if you like.
    On a completely different note, hope it's OK to live a little vicariously through you, if you were to move the sensors away from the coils and use something like an arduino to trigger the mosfet and programmatically change the timing off the coils so the ball can be hit harder and longer for the higher speeds. You can measure the time between two sensors as a tachometer for ball speed. Just a thought.

    • @mitchbron01
      @mitchbron01 2 роки тому +6

      this guy is onto something

    • @pyrotechnicalbirdman5356
      @pyrotechnicalbirdman5356 2 роки тому +2

      @@mitchbron01 Yeah, an Engineering Uni and Crack.

    • @robert17282
      @robert17282 2 роки тому +2

      I really just read all of that and comprehended all of 3 words

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 2 роки тому +2

      need bigger mosfet, more amps, more volts, more coils

  • @leandrolspshow
    @leandrolspshow 2 роки тому

    Parabéns 👏🏼 fez uma maquina de lavar roupas 😂😂😂😂

  • @braysniper58
    @braysniper58 Рік тому +4

    This is amazing and absolutely hilarious to watch it rev up and fling the balls off! My tip for the next version is to make it a tube rather than a "tray" or "track". Which a secure trap door to place the ballbearing in as well as nice and long holes for seeing the ballbearings spin visually.

  • @boltonky
    @boltonky 2 роки тому +11

    Really awesome project, I wonder if you could use this design with those new rail guns to increase the firing power i guess would depend on how quick you can switch the coils on and off.
    people are awesome

  • @tiemanowo
    @tiemanowo 2 роки тому +63

    Nice concept, but it can be simplified. For example by removing IR sensors and use coil itself (pass a small current thru coil and monitor it's change when ball approaches)

    • @TheSwissGabber
      @TheSwissGabber 2 роки тому +12

      but is that really simpler? you need a current sensor / source for each coil, and a MCU to process everything and you need to calibrate the whole thing.

    • @tiemanowo
      @tiemanowo 2 роки тому

      Yes, I agree. Maybe not entirely "simpler" but we are trading 4 IR diodes, and 4 IR detectors and cables to connect them (8 pairs of wire), for a "current detector" for each coil. So.. yes, maybe not "simpler" for everyone.

    • @johnrobholmes
      @johnrobholmes 2 роки тому +1

      Can be controlled with analog on it, but the inductance of the coils will limit detection speed vs ir sensors. I'd be tempted to use hall sensors and build an all south pole magnet ball to pull through the track.

    • @PatrykAndrzejewski0
      @PatrykAndrzejewski0 2 роки тому +1

      no thats impossible you need to turn on magnetic field even before ball gets near the coil

    • @ReplicateReality
      @ReplicateReality 2 роки тому

      Too much code

  • @Rushian9630
    @Rushian9630 Рік тому +4

    Soon I might be seeing home-made particle accelerators.
    Keep up the good work.

  • @nosuchthing8
    @nosuchthing8 2 роки тому +4

    Wow. The new and improved version looks like it might year a hole in spacetime.
    Good job!

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel 2 роки тому +5

    absolutely fantastic accelerator

  • @pikadroo
    @pikadroo 2 роки тому +11

    Would be interesting to see if it could be made to use two balls to balance its self

  • @kingofcastlechaos
    @kingofcastlechaos 2 роки тому +31

    As an internet expert on ring accelerator videos, I feel compelled to let you know exactly how to do this right instead of building one myself.
    Just kidding sir!
    You keep doing this and I will sit at my desk and enjoy it. New (and possibly annoying) subscriber!

  • @lucasl7909
    @lucasl7909 Рік тому +1

    is there a way to do this in reverse where the track is pushed into rotating instead of the object?

  • @vedpatel8365
    @vedpatel8365 Рік тому +1

    what software is that you are using to show the design?
    Is it Inventor by autodesk?

  • @drew6761
    @drew6761 2 роки тому +5

    What if you make the track pieces as close to a perfect circle? I believe this would give you a consistent centrifugal force, making the acceleration more consistent and ultimately the speed increase and better resonance. You would need to design for the coils ID to have a very slight radius to accommodate for a true circular path. Awesome project man. Keep it up!!

  • @em.2s767
    @em.2s767 2 роки тому +6

    Seria possível criar um projeto desses em escala maior??? Parabéns pelo projeto.

  • @Young3nt
    @Young3nt 2 роки тому +8

    This is amazing work. I love how you designed the coil igniters. I had a similar idea instead of a steel ball in a half pipe it was ferro fluid in a torus gyroscope . My hypothesis was that it would levitate .

    • @prestonrodenkirch8412
      @prestonrodenkirch8412 2 роки тому +1

      A fully enclosed tube filled with mercury is my theory for levitation. Maybe have to do 3 units arranged in the 3 spatial terms x,y,z at right angles to each other like a gyroscope. At the very least it would produce an effect on the inertia of anything it would be attached to.

  • @Kostya_bro
    @Kostya_bro 28 днів тому +1

    5:10 It works like Adrone Collider😂

  • @Sans_of_time
    @Sans_of_time Рік тому +1

    Sonic be like

  • @among-us-99999
    @among-us-99999 2 роки тому +7

    Will there be a third part to this series?
    i would love to see a controlled release mechanism for…science…

    • @MilleniumFDH
      @MilleniumFDH 2 роки тому +1

      Third part will be him installing the Arc Reactor to his home-made Iron Man Suit Mk.1

  • @skipeveryday7282
    @skipeveryday7282 2 роки тому +4

    When the ball flew off the track I instantly thought of unstable isotopes and electron loss. Uncanny resemblance.

  • @ripcdburnme
    @ripcdburnme 2 роки тому +5

    I"m impressed you did that all with out using some sort of micro controller for the timing and ball location. Awesome project, I'm going to make a version of that for sure!

  • @1Chitus
    @1Chitus Рік тому +3

    Wow. The new and improved version looks like it might year a hole in spacetime.
    Good job!

  • @shrimpLiquid
    @shrimpLiquid Рік тому +1

    the waffle house has found it’s new host

  • @jeffreymurdock8366
    @jeffreymurdock8366 2 роки тому +7

    Man imagine this with 8 coils. That would be insane.

  • @lewishaynes7112
    @lewishaynes7112 3 роки тому +6

    Wow! That's fantastic. I've been dreaming of making something like this for years now, so wonderful to see it done.
    I will definitely have to give it a go.
    Could you go a step further and add 8 secondary coils, 2 in-between each to create a return charge to battery when running the magnetic bearing?
    Very inspiring.

    • @ddegn
      @ddegn 2 роки тому

      The ball isn't a magnet.
      If it were, trying to reclaim the energy would slow it down.
      "I will definitely have to give it a go."
      Me too. I just ordered 2.5 pounds of magnet wire and some 1" ball bearings.

  • @ridefast0
    @ridefast0 2 роки тому +9

    Nice project. Comment from an EE - I think your speed is being limited by the slow decay of the coil currents, due to your back-emf quenching diodes. The voltage available to reduce the current will be only around 0.8V during turn-off which will give a long tail to the current waveform, holding the ball inside the coil for a while. You could try a few diodes in series or even back-to-back zeners for coil quenching to increase the current decay speed and I bet that will speed up your accelerator. Best of luck, a year too late!

    • @HyperspacePirate
      @HyperspacePirate  2 роки тому

      Thanks. I've played around with this factor on a coilgun and found there's an optimal series resistance with the flyback diode to quench the coil current faster (damping ratio or some such).
      One of the more elaborate schemes I've seen was one where the flyback diode current was dumped into the next coil. Seems a lot more efficient, but more complex to design

    • @ridefast0
      @ridefast0 2 роки тому +1

      @@HyperspacePirate This is a fascinating EE problem because the inductance changes as the ball goes through! So we have the unusual luxury of the full derivative E = d(LI)/dt or in its full form E = L dI/dt + I dL/dt. Looks like a job for circuit simulator software.

  • @johnr5252
    @johnr5252 2 роки тому +1

    So, what exactly is the point of this? It’s cool for sure, and very impressive. But what is the point?

  • @Akash.Chopra
    @Akash.Chopra 2 роки тому +4

    I'd love to see a fully contained version of this sold as a decoration piece, and sign me up as the first buyer 😊

  • @christiaang
    @christiaang 2 роки тому +30

    Great project. For version 3 you should consider adding a straight turnout section in the loop. You can cover this turnout with a gate shaped like the curved sections. Once the gate opens the balls will exit the loop. This way the accelerator can be used as a launchpad. Somewhat like the slingshot rocketlancher made by SpinLaunch.

    • @a.kauthenticstudio
      @a.kauthenticstudio Рік тому

      Hello bro how type of girls in your country

    • @Ceelvain
      @Ceelvain Рік тому +3

      Let's use two accelerators like this and make balls collide. Like a particle accelerator. xD

    • @bujin5455
      @bujin5455 Рік тому

      I was going to say this exact same thing, but you beat me to it by 5 months! lol

    • @spimfurt
      @spimfurt Рік тому

      or do it truly circular so the balls wont be katapulted after each "corner"

  • @mpwmscog300
    @mpwmscog300 Рік тому +2

    I'm very much intrigued with your work and I'm very grateful to see this today.

  • @mimp8365
    @mimp8365 2 роки тому +1

    If there's something strange, in your neighborhood. Who you gonna call?
    On a more serious note; it can catch ghosts, right?

  • @behemoth6sic6
    @behemoth6sic6 Рік тому +1

    My brain: I wonder if it's possible to use mercury instead of the balls in an adaptation of the design.

  • @DaVeHiLl200
    @DaVeHiLl200 2 роки тому +7

    Careful brother, this technology is rail gun technology 😉
    There's something very satisfying about this thing to watch..
    What if all 4 coils was constantly on?
    Or if your sensors were a little further away from the coils? More propulsion at higher speeds maybe 🤔
    If your run was straight and you had 6 to 8 coils, put doubt or triple the voltage you would have a very powerful projectile launcher/shooter 👍🏼✌

    • @WSmith_1984
      @WSmith_1984 2 роки тому

      Light gate switches....

    • @kevinbissinger
      @kevinbissinger 2 роки тому

      if all coils were on it would stop moving

    • @64-bit63
      @64-bit63 2 роки тому

      This is not even close to railgun, I suppose you mean coilgun

    • @DaVeHiLl200
      @DaVeHiLl200 2 роки тому

      @@64-bit63 they are the same thing. The army calls them "railguns" as they were massive tank like things they moved on rails back in WW1. A "coil gun" is the new definition.

    • @DaVeHiLl200
      @DaVeHiLl200 2 роки тому

      @@kevinbissinger admittedly that was a stupid thing for me to say 👍🏼

  • @SoftHeartPC
    @SoftHeartPC 2 роки тому +4

    Very interesting, I can see a way you could turn that into a generator.

  • @kennyroody
    @kennyroody 2 роки тому +4

    Advice for version 3; place 4 more sensors halfway between the the axis of the magnets. The formula to calculate the velocity of the projectile and trigger the magnet can be greatly improved per quarter cycle and totally frequency. This way, your triggers will be more accurate as the system spins up to maximum set velocity. I love this project and look forward to your continued work

  • @AmitsLife
    @AmitsLife Рік тому

    It is really great project

  • @nonsuch
    @nonsuch Рік тому +1

    Now, if it only did something useful.

  • @shawnireland7485
    @shawnireland7485 2 роки тому +2

    my goodness someone could create a very powerful weapon with a simple setup the possibilities are endless.. many different types of things can be created or repurposed with such simple technology. love this experiment. reminds me of things i use to randomly make as a child. fun stuff

    • @maktiki
      @maktiki Рік тому +1

      Railgun it already exists

  • @abhignanthegreat
    @abhignanthegreat Рік тому +1

    Hey i have some ideas which can turn this project to a new level. Lets have a chat over a call so i can explain in detail.

  • @LOLxDamon
    @LOLxDamon Рік тому +1

    My cat would love this toy

  • @lyher2722
    @lyher2722 Рік тому +1

    Enclosed PVC + 1 oz ball bearing = 0 rpm
    + magnetic coil = ? rpm
    2 oz ball bearing + 2 magnetic coils = ? rpm
    2 oz ball bearing + 4 magnetic coils = ? rpm
    *ceramic lined (non-magnetic) stainless steel tube / ring with 8 coils. = new technology
    Please try this. I have a theoretical physics degree background.
    EXCELLENT MODELS YOU CREATED.!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.!!
    SCIENCE AND MATH = KEYS TO SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY PROBLEMS.

  • @ghooustsilvr2162
    @ghooustsilvr2162 5 місяців тому +1

    If you use a circular tube and connect 3 disc-shaped figures, you can create a magical effect such as the movement of the planet Earth. How to install the discs: One must be inside the second. Of course, the first disc must be smaller than 3.

    • @ghooustsilvr2162
      @ghooustsilvr2162 5 місяців тому +1

      Note: It is recommended to connect the first discs to the second with two intersecting points diagonally, and the second and third also diagonally, but the two diagonals must be opposite because the movement will generate rotation of the disc on the diagonal as an axis. I will leave the rest to your imagination.

  • @hovikha
    @hovikha Рік тому +1

    Nice project .... I am trying to make a similar device myself,
    can you please provide more details on ... 1- the number of turns on coils, 2- wire type .. 3- electronics diagrams ?
    cheers, H.H

    • @lisandro1076
      @lisandro1076 11 місяців тому

      me too, i need this info. Do you happen to know where I can get the materials used in the circuit (Transistor, infrared sensor, board, etc)?

  • @tawandazwemizi1823
    @tawandazwemizi1823 Рік тому +1

    What is the name of the simulator your were using in the video

  • @WeRemainFaceless
    @WeRemainFaceless 2 роки тому +1

    I’ve always wondered about this btw.
    If you could cover the entire torus in electromagnets, and put the thing in space, would the ball bearing keep accelerating faster and faster under the ring explodes?

  • @augmentedcamel
    @augmentedcamel 2 роки тому +1

    You can make funky gravitational effects if you optimize this. With increased speed or massusing Kepler 2nd law (like a gyroscope).

  • @Nutzes
    @Nutzes 2 роки тому +1

    And thats how you make a Black hole xD

  • @RealfishingNL
    @RealfishingNL 2 роки тому

    You can get more "power" from the rotation of the ball then u use for powering the electro magnets. Leds. Sensors ect. Try finding a round glass tube from the military second hand. Put a vacume on it and use a heavy magnetic metal ball

  • @tophertubes
    @tophertubes Рік тому +1

    The STL files don't seem to be to scale, do you recommend a percentage increase or ball size?

    • @HyperspacePirate
      @HyperspacePirate  Рік тому +2

      Use 2540%. There was a conversion issue with my CAD program going from mm to inch

  • @Lethgar_Smith
    @Lethgar_Smith Рік тому +1

    would it be possible to magnetically suspend the ball so it has no contact with the track and place it in a vacuum so there is no air friction?
    Some guy sitting at a bar described this to me once claiming he invented a super efficient energy device.

    • @wordnet7
      @wordnet7 7 місяців тому +2

      Although you can do that it won't create a super efficient energy device given the fact that there would have to be a way to harness the energy from it which would in return loose energy from the system. Plus you can't have more energy than you started with aka the batteries that were inputted. The only advantage to that is increase the theoretical speed but it can't really gather more energy than given.

  • @vasilysh7558
    @vasilysh7558 Рік тому +1

    Я счастлив, что нашёл ваш канал. Всё очень интересно . Спасибо!!!
    Какую программу 3Д вы используете?

  • @neveralonewithchrist6016
    @neveralonewithchrist6016 Рік тому +1

    YOU SHOULD BE BUILDING THE 21ST CENTURY AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES!

  • @_its._gaurav._
    @_its._gaurav._ Рік тому +1

    Concept:Those ring like things are called solenoid
    Solenoid: Wire wounded around a ring like particle
    When current is passed through the wire Magnetic field is generated perpendicular to the direction of flow of current
    That magnetic field accelerates a magnetic
    Particle direction is perpendicular when particle is traveling perpendicular to Magnetic field
    Particle direction is Hexial when particle is traveling at an angle to Magnetic field
    Particle direction doesn't change If it is Parallel to Magnetic field

  • @Dr.GreenD17
    @Dr.GreenD17 2 роки тому +1

    What was the velocity of the ball?

  • @arcangel_ct
    @arcangel_ct 2 роки тому +1

    Podrías hacer un reactor de agua de energía

  • @wladimiroliveira4044
    @wladimiroliveira4044 2 роки тому +2

    Show, poderia ser usado pra trilhos de trem ,seria super futurista.

    • @sfly12
      @sfly12 2 роки тому

      Voce ja pensou porque discos voadores sao redondos? Vai que essa ea forma de locomocao

  • @maovie7088
    @maovie7088 11 місяців тому

    Có thể dùng vòng xoay như vậy làm phản trọng lực trái đất và bay lên không

  • @wanglydiaplt
    @wanglydiaplt Рік тому +1

    Using a circular path is an extremely neat idea! I built a mass driver maybe 20 years ago but really it was pretty crappy. I'll print yours post haste! :-)

  • @bobosims1848
    @bobosims1848 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting! Curious what would happen with even more balls on the track.

  • @lourensstrydom5449
    @lourensstrydom5449 2 роки тому +1

    This can be used for such good, power industry, water treatment, even aeroplanes and rocketships, use this as a greener method of energy production easily fixable easily maintained and cheap

    • @emperorpalpatine1469
      @emperorpalpatine1469 2 роки тому +1

      Blame the likes of Carnegie, JP Morgan, Edison and the US government for killing Tesla and trashing his name all those years ago. People wanna embrace Tesla now, but its too late. This is the kind of stuff we needed to invest in 50+ years ago but sadly we didn't. War industrial complex and oil trade can be blamed for that.

    • @lourensstrydom5449
      @lourensstrydom5449 2 роки тому

      @@emperorpalpatine1469 if only the american government realised how profitable it would be theyd jump right on it, and my country aswell, we literally turn our power off periodically to save power for hours on end

  • @محمد-ص3ق1ش
    @محمد-ص3ق1ش Рік тому

    اولا الحركه الداءريه مختلفه عن المسار المستقيم ميكانيكيا ......يمكن جعل المسار التي تسير عليه الكره أشبه بعلبه مغلقه مع وجود فجوه مستطيله في الاعلي يخرج منها مسمار مثبت عليه قطار حديدي صغير .....الجزء الاعلي من علبه المسار يمكن عمل تجربه بحيث تكون محاولة لمعادلة الطاقه داخل العلبه بهدف الدفع والاتزان الأمن ......كما قرأت في تعليقات الزملاء ، بالفعل يمكن الوصل قريبا من صرعة الضوء

  • @ufopolitics
    @ufopolitics Рік тому

    Hello,
    Excellent build!!
    Now, can I ask you to perform one test?
    Can you build two identical prototypes with the four coils/four sensors...and then attach them by the center, make them (the steel balls) rotate opposite to each other on each unit...
    I believe they (both) would stabilize together...then just set the whole assembly on a weight scale...
    I am almost certain the assy will lose weight the faster it goes.
    Thanks for showing such incredible test!!

  • @thomassmit9944
    @thomassmit9944 Рік тому +1

    Would be nice to have a state estimator of the ball position based on the EMF of the ball passing through the magnets. Then you can tune the phase between ball and magnets to optimize the acceleration of the ball. Add another ball to balance the system.

  • @rajveersingh2056
    @rajveersingh2056 2 роки тому +1

    If only there was a way to open the loop and make a gun out of it

  • @justinlumpkin1874
    @justinlumpkin1874 2 роки тому +1

    the flash S1 vs S8

  • @hakkisecen5066
    @hakkisecen5066 Рік тому

    CERN' deki büyük hadron çarpıştırıcısının minyatür şekline benziyor. Nerden esinlendiniz acaba? Ve kullanım amacı ne olabilir ?

  • @_V0r6
    @_V0r6 Рік тому +1

    flash lol😂

  • @mysticalsoulqc
    @mysticalsoulqc Рік тому

    ok here a trick for you,,,,,,, when you pulse the coils you can place lights on the pulsing circuit after the first coil to light up a load....that way you are using the pulsing energy at the same time you are pulsing. there is also a back emf of the coil that need to be use like a step up converter to store de volts in caps that converted fast to hyer volts and adds the power density of the caps. use the 3 other coils as generators again, needing to calibrate the game of energy everywhere it need to. pic out of the system, all the energy, even the most suddle. you prob know all this, you actually on the road to free energy. u prob made it. you cant get so good without knowing some of what i say. lol

  • @CesarPeron
    @CesarPeron 2 роки тому

    A pretty dangerous machine. I like it, though. 😹

  • @nowherebrain
    @nowherebrain Рік тому

    it's really cool, but what's the practicality of this...what larger mechanism are you building? I just stumbled across this so...I apologize, I'm not a follower , merely curious.

  • @mysticalsoulqc
    @mysticalsoulqc Рік тому

    placing it vertical and pushing it upwards also assures a downward movement that you can theoretically add any amout oof mass to regain the energy on a downfall orthe generator coil can have lots of resistance making sure you get more out than in,so gravity can pull it down naturally surpassing the resistence of the coil generators . the coils have more potential energy coming back down if all coils are calibrated to do so,.

  • @ThingsYouMightLike
    @ThingsYouMightLike 2 роки тому

    UA-cam recommended this to me in August 2022. I think it's time for a Gen 3.

  • @LuisMendoza-pp9qi
    @LuisMendoza-pp9qi Рік тому

    Now just make an outlet/barrel with a superfast servo and you'd have an electromagnetic gun!!😱

  • @DragonsREpic
    @DragonsREpic Рік тому

    @HyperspacePirate +HyperspacePirate #HyperspacePirate
    you should greese the track and add supercaps. Some kinda smooth surface...I would say polyurethane reducing friction and increasing top speed and increasing efficiency

  • @WynterLegend
    @WynterLegend 2 роки тому +2

    Making this work with a replacable power cell, and an exit tube/rail, would be fascinating to see. Especially in competition with a Slingshot.

  • @ZElTGElST
    @ZElTGElST 2 роки тому

    Super interesting machine. Do you know how many watts does it burn?

  • @oilbailey
    @oilbailey 4 місяці тому

    ใส่น้ำเข้าไปดูด้วยครับ

  • @yudobudhi8428
    @yudobudhi8428 2 роки тому

    Video : Electromagnetic accelerator
    Me : HUMANITY HAVE FOUND UNLIMITED FREE ENERGY

  • @robertmonroe9728
    @robertmonroe9728 Рік тому +1

    Why not to use transparent close tube?

  • @emoneydev8684
    @emoneydev8684 Рік тому +1

    Cooo

  • @dash8brj
    @dash8brj 2 роки тому

    How many things did you break when the steel balls became projectiles LOL! sounds like my washing machine gearing up to go to fulls speed. Nice work :)

  • @DonJuanSanSimon67
    @DonJuanSanSimon67 2 роки тому

    Próximo proyecto: "Construyo el LHC en el patio de mi casa y descubro el boson de la gravedad"

  • @ayymarkyy
    @ayymarkyy День тому

    um is it possible that u can telll what are the things required to make the circuit and what are the sensors used and where they can be purchased