I was just looking at that (the eddy current brake). Yes, what is needed to build a bike with a braking action is a magnetic force similar to pushing two magnets of the same pole towards each other. A bike where the resistance is not friction but a magnetic field resistance.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:35 PM, John Doty <[1][email protected]> wrote: On Sep 8, 2011, at 7:16 PM, Rob Butts wrote: > Does anyone know the theory behind the design of an electromagnetic > bicycle. I thought it was bringing in magnetic fields close to a > spinning metal disc but I'm not sure so I'm asking here. Do you mean an eddy current brake? [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current_brake John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. [3]http://www.noqsi.com/ [4][email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [5][email protected] [6]http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current_brake 3. http://www.noqsi.com/ 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
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