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The kinetic energy in this thing must be fierce. I'd hate to suck up something metallic with it. More info on switched reluctance motors here: http://en.wikipe

by TrevorJ 17y ago

The kinetic energy in this thing must be fierce. I'd hate to suck up something metallic with it. More info on switched reluctance motors here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched_Reluctance_Motor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched_Reluctance_Motor

jws 17y ago
The rotor however has no magnets or coils attached. What is the rotor then? The wikipedia "reluctance motor" article mentions the rotor having flux barriers. Is it something like an iron daisy?
- TrevorJ 17y ago
  I am not familiar with that, what is an iron daisy?