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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz
Regarding the video above about the 8 wheeled car, I see that a major challenge was winding the copper around the motor. My question is; Why not melt the copper and mold it to a thickness around the piece? Would a solid piece of copper conduct better than hundreds of wound turns?
Just seemed like the obvious answer ...
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Maybe you are making the common mistake of thinking that is bare copper wire.
It's insulated wire (with a clear coating). If it wasn't, the windings would be
a dead short, and not generate a magnetic field. (Just heat).