Is this motor real ?

Irving

Joined Jan 30, 2016
4,996
Yes, it's real but completely impractical for any real-world application. Also the 'stator' winding (the bit of wire) is definitively not 'attached'.
 

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70Miles

Joined Dec 28, 2025
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Yes, it's real but completely impractical for any real-world application. Also the 'stator' winding (the bit of wire) is definitively not 'attached'.
The motor from 1:08 ?
The one with rotating conductor together with magnet ?
 

MaxHeadRoom

Joined Jul 18, 2013
30,557
This has been around for a fair while now, as the nut anfd bolt that self unscrews. ;)
(The nut spins off the end) !
I believe Michael Faraday got there first!

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Irving

Joined Jan 30, 2016
4,996
The motor from 1:08 ?
The one with rotating conductor together with magnet ?
Yes, why wouldn't it? There's still a circuit, so there is a moment generated between the current flowing through the magnets and the centre pole of the battery, Not very efficient...

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WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
32,702
Hello ,
Is it convenient to ask about :

The motor from the following link :

The motor from 1:08 (1 minute 08 seconds)
The motor, that rotates
together with attached wire in one direction.

The motor where all parts are firmly attached.


Is it real ?

Similar design here :
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/faradays-paradox-experiment-260nw-637613242.jpg
Absolutely real. I've demoed the same thing many times. Usually I use just three items and bill it as the world's simplest motor: AA battery, rare-earth magnet, bare wire. I bend the wire into a heart shape with the ends at the bottom. I put the magnet on the negative terminal of the battery and then balance the center valley of the heart on the positive terminal of the battery, adjusting the two ends so that they scrape on the sides of the magnet. Takes a little tweaking, but not long, before you have the wire spinning at a fair clip.

As for the motor rolling across the table, that's simply Newton's Third Law in action. The motor creates a torque on the wire trying to make it rotate around the battery, but that means that the wire produces an equal and opposite torque on the battery. When the wire is prevented from rotating by the surface of the table, the battery rotates instead, driving it along the surface. It's the same thing that would happen with a regular motor if you were to rig up something comparable.
 

Thread Starter

70Miles

Joined Dec 28, 2025
6
Absolutely real. I've demoed the same thing many times. Usually I use just three items and bill it as the world's simplest motor: AA battery, rare-earth magnet, bare wire. I bend the wire into a heart shape with the ends at the bottom. I put the magnet on the negative terminal of the battery and then balance the center valley of the heart on the positive terminal of the battery, adjusting the two ends so that they scrape on the sides of the magnet. Takes a little tweaking, but not long, before you have the wire spinning at a fair clip.

As for the motor rolling across the table, that's simply Newton's Third Law in action. The motor creates a torque on the wire trying to make it rotate around the battery, but that means that the wire produces an equal and opposite torque on the battery. When the wire is prevented from rotating by the surface of the table, the battery rotates instead, driving it along the surface. It's the same thing that would happen with a regular motor if you were to rig up something comparable.
Thank you.
We talk about the motor from 1:08 (1 minute 08 seconds)
It is Real ?
 
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