Half Tesla! This is our generation eight electromagnet. We just achieved 0.511 Tesla field strength with it. This lets us move on to the building the full Tesla magnet. The new magnet will be at the core of a large scale magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)test this summer in the desert. MHD is key process of our hybrid chemical/electric rocket engine for the Ascender airship.
I was wondering why you don’t use nylese coated transformer wire instead of the thick vinyl coated wire? Transformer wire would give better magnetic coupling as well as reduced space, making the magnetohydrodynamic magnet smaller and lighter.
yosh
We had the insulated wire on the shelf so it didn’t cost us anything to make it. We were able to get all the details worked out like reflecting plates, winding pattern, core geometry etc. on the cheap. The next generation uses lacquered magnet wire with three times the turns.