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freebeard · 09-11-2012, 09:26 PM

If I understand you correctly, it would require a ring of electromagnets attached to the frame as big as the wheel.

If you want to get into it with low cost, Google Fisher-Paykel washing machine motor. They come in other machines, too; like Delco.

09-11-2012, 09:26 PM	#57 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,320 Thanks: 8,002 Thanked 8,818 Times in 7,275 Posts	If I understand you correctly, it would require a ring of electromagnets attached to the frame as big as the wheel. If you want to get into it with low cost, Google Fisher-Paykel washing machine motor. They come in other machines, too; like Delco.