A Compass Needle As Geomagnetic
Propulsion
A compass needle is locked at 90 degrees to the
earth's magnetic field. It is then
released and it swings toward the field and lines
up with it and settles.
1. The compass needle is made of steel and the
earth's magnetic field moves it.
2. The force that turns the needle is translational
not rotational. Transverse force
is in one direction north of the center and in the
opposite direction south of the
center. The result is a torque, but the forces are
translational. When the compass
needle is at rest there is no observable
translation.
3. If the north translation and the south
translation went in the same direction
there would be a net translation but solenoidal
magnets don't translate in an axial
magnetic field. The geomagnetic field around the
compass needle is axial.
4. The equivalent thrust to weight of the compass
needle is around that of the ITest
if the compass needle could translate, which it
can't. You do get to see how
powerful the earth's magnetic field can
be.
5. The ITest can translate, about 50,000,000 times
better than the compass needle,
no small acomplishment, never done anywhere else and it's patented.