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Re: Artificial Horizon.
From: E.R.Kooi
Date: 2002 Apr 1, 21:25 +0200
From: E.R.Kooi
Date: 2002 Apr 1, 21:25 +0200
If you were right not a single electric motor or generator would work. When you move copper in an magnetic field it generates a current, which creates heat and dissipates energy. This requires power and that how a counter force is created with the dampening effect. Fr. gr. Eppo R. Kooi. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Navigation Mailing List > [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]Namens Jared Sherman > Verzonden: maandag 01-apr-02 20:31 >field of a small rare earth magnet fixed to the sextant frame, and so > damped the movement.> > > Am I the only one here to wonder how this worked? Copper is > non-magnetic, regardless of the magnet you used a simple copper > strip would not be affected by it.
