{"id":204,"date":"2009-11-07T20:30:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T03:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2009-11-07T20:33:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T03:33:10","slug":"ready-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/ready-to-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.launchpnt.com\/about-us\/news-archive\/detail-view\/article\/launchpoint-announces-powerful-new-halbach-array-electric-motor.html\">LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc.\u00a0<\/a>announces the highest power to weight ratio of any known electric motor &#8211; seven horsepower for 1.4 pounds (635 grams) or\u00a0five pounds per horsepower.\u00a0 As a comparison, the tiny <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neumotors.com\/Site\/1200_series_.html\">Neutrino<\/a> outrunner by Steve Neu of Neumotors weighs 14 grams and puts out 125 watts, peak.\u00a0 That would add up to 784 grams at 7 horsepower if that motor were scaled up to match the output of the LaunchPoint unit.\u00a0 The LaunchPoint motor is not only lightweight, but surprisingly small, scaling only six inches in diameter and one inch in thickness. It is composed of a great deal of carbon fiber in its plate-like structure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_205\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205\" class=\"size-full wp-image-205\" title=\"halbach-motor\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/halbach-motor.png\" alt=\"The ultra-compact, lightweight LaunchPoint motor.\" width=\"240\" height=\"122\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ultra-compact, lightweight LaunchPoint motor.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Behind this astonishing power output is the use of a Halbach array, &#8220;an arrangement of permanent magnets that augments the magnetic field on one side of the array while cancelling the field to near zero on the other side,&#8221; according to Wikipedia.\u00a0 The effect of the array is powerful enough to permit its use in linear accelerators.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206\" title=\"halbach_array\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/halbach_array.png\" alt=\"Conceptual Drawing of Halbach Array.\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conceptual Drawing of Halbach Array.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To test the array yourself, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matchrockets.com\/ether\/halbach.html \">try this link<\/a>, which provides step-by-step instructions on making your own Halbach array refrigerator magnet.<\/p>\n<p>LaunchPoint is also involved in devising smart grid technology and megawatt energy storage flywheels.<\/p>\n<p>CAFE Foundation personnel have speculated about using the motor as an aircraft brake, able to be controlled differentially on main wheels to automatically assist maintaining a straight takeoff path, or being ramped up to speed to reduce tire wear on landings.\u00a0 The wheel motor\/brake could\u00a0possibly be used to augment takeoff power for STOL craft. <\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fready-to-launch%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc.\u00a0announces the highest power to weight ratio of any known electric motor &#8211; seven horsepower for 1.4 pounds (635 grams) or\u00a0five pounds per horsepower.\u00a0 As a comparison, the tiny Neutrino outrunner by Steve Neu of Neumotors weighs 14 grams and puts out 125 watts, peak.\u00a0 That would add up to 784 grams at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[94,96,93,95],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-halbach-array","tag-highest-power-to-weight-ratio","tag-launchpoint","tag-neumotor-neutrino"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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