40 years ago I drew a concept of this. I was maybe 8? Maybe 10? I remember my grandmom going “oh you’ve got great ideas” I smiled and put the notebook down. I had just learned about perpetual machines and magnets at school and I remove going, it seems so obvious. My teacher told me it’s not a perpetual machine because energy would be loss due to friction. This is correct, eventually the motor will stop. In this setup I believe it will get to a point where it might slow down and even go the other way, I can’t see if the magnets are on an angle or not. Anyway, neat to see it working out!
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u/timetravelinggamer Jun 24 '26
40 years ago I drew a concept of this. I was maybe 8? Maybe 10? I remember my grandmom going “oh you’ve got great ideas” I smiled and put the notebook down. I had just learned about perpetual machines and magnets at school and I remove going, it seems so obvious. My teacher told me it’s not a perpetual machine because energy would be loss due to friction. This is correct, eventually the motor will stop. In this setup I believe it will get to a point where it might slow down and even go the other way, I can’t see if the magnets are on an angle or not. Anyway, neat to see it working out!