AREA 51 DIORAMA!!!!!! Is it possiable to make a model levetate? Using magnets?

QUOTE: Originally posted by Manic Moran ended up using hairs, one tied to an AT-3 rail on each wingtip to hold the chopper in place. Visible if you looked for them, but much less so than a rod or some such. I'm not sure how long a hair would last before decomposing though, the diorama was destroyed in an accident some time ago. Perhaps really thin fishing line? NTM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Manic Moran Good luck. Many years ago, I made a diorama with two 1/72 Mi-24 Hinds, one on the ground, the other 'hovering'. What I ended up doing was carving a hole in the base for the magnets, and inserting more magnets into the fuselage. As you can imagine, there's not much room to play with in a 1/72 chopper with a passenger compartment, so I couldn't come up with a satisfactory solution for the flip-over problem. I ended up using hairs, one tied to an AT-3 rail on each wingtip to hold the chopper in place. Visible if you looked for them, but much less so than a rod or some such. I'm not sure how long a hair would last before decomposing though, the diorama was destroyed in an accident some time ago. Perhaps really thin fishing line? NTM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne By the way, you could have figured this out mathmatically...all it takes is a basic knowledge of elecromagnetic fields, Gauss's Law and Coulomb's Law, and Ampere's Law if you're hooking it up to a battery. It wouldn't hurt to have a working knowledge of displacement currents, the Faraday Induction, Lenz's Law, the Maxwell-Hertz equation, and Lorentz force. Of course, the phenomena involved in Ampere's Law can be reduced by suitable Lorentz transformations to electric fields and static charges. This means that the magnetic field ends up being (conceptually) reduced to an appendage of the electric field, i.e. something which interacts with reality only indirectly through the electric field. And here you thought I was just poking fun... Jeff

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne ... I don't know why I never pursued a career in science...I've got everything except the T-shirt... Jeff

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne Let me relate something to you that we "older" guys can attest to... Back in 1978, I got a chemistry set for my birthday...it had all sorts of nasty chemicals (not the wimpy vinegar and baking soda chem sets you get today)...it also included batteries, magnets, wires, and a variety of implements of destruction. I don't remember what I did, or how I did it, but...I managed to blow the garage door off the house...and I ended up in the hospital with a severe concussion. IIRC, it involved electricity and propane. So lighten up...it's all funny until someone gets "blowed up" . Jeff

QUOTE: Originally posted by Hippy-Ed Erik, Like you, I have experimented with many things in my youth... There was an old memory that ran thru my mind when ya mentioned the car battery. I reversed the wires by mistake & the battery blew up on me Looking back at it (some 25 yrs later) I see the humor in it. Sit back, relax, enjoy life. Enjoy your project & I think it's a doozie of one! Good luck Eddie

QUOTE: Originally posted by cthulhu77 How odd...I am working on virtually the same project ! Doing a fair amount of research, I found this place, and they have been really helpful with technical information about lifting the finished model according to weight, etc... Looking forward to seeing yours done ! (mine is at least a year away) greg Here's their address: http://www.gaussboys.com/

QUOTE: Originally posted by zaphod Mr. Bultz, if your post was made in jest, you might want to make the jest a bit clearer. I am thankful that Greg shared the web site. Did you go there for your magnets, or another source? Respectfully, Brian