>>But the main problem has always been finding something >>that didnt get in the way of regulating the standard capstan. This >>solves that problem. > >Again, congratulations. Has this been tried in actual hardware, or just as a vaporware conceptual exercise? There's a considerable gap between magnets in the drawing, and the inverse square law of magnetic field strength would indicate to me that you'd need magnets of considerable size, and mass, to have much effect with this sort of gap. I think I'd like a performance report of the prototype before any discussion.
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