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| || [[ attachment:BoltCross.png | {{ attachment:BoltCross.png | | width=500 }} ]] || The launch loop rotor is composed of separable bolts, mostly made of thin laminations of transformer steel, along with carbon fiber stiffeners, embedded aluminum induction motor conductors, and a central spine. The bolts are normally used in two modes; assembled into a multilobed rotor for the main tracks and inclines, and separated into separate bolts for minimum radius deflection. <<BR>><<BR>>The number of lobes in the rotor (and the number of bolts in parallel) remains to be determined; probably between 4 and 6. The length of the bolts may also change. The size and cross section is constrained by the linear density of the rotor. || | || [[ attachment:BoltCross.png | {{ attachment:BoltCross.png | | width=240 }} ]] || The launch loop rotor is composed of separable bolts, mostly made of thin laminations of transformer steel, along with carbon fiber stiffeners, embedded aluminum induction motor conductors, and a central spine. The bolts are normally used in two modes; assembled into a multilobed rotor for the main tracks and inclines, and separated into separate bolts for minimum radius deflection.<<BR>><<BR>>The number of lobes in the rotor (and the number of bolts in parallel) remains to be determined; probably between 4 and 6. The length of the bolts may also change. The size and cross section is constrained by the linear density of the rotor.<<BR>><<BR>> For a 4.32 kg/m rotor with six lobes, each lobe will mass 7.2 grams per centimeter of length. If 30% of the bolt mass is iron mass M,,2,, and 70% of the bolt is M,,1,, then M,,1,, is approximately 5 grams per meter. || == Deflection Mode == In deflection mode, an electromagnet pole (shown at the bottom of this diagram) pulls the rotor towards it, with near-saturation flux density, perhaps 1.8 Tesla. The MoreLater |
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The launch loop rotor is composed of separable bolts, mostly made of thin laminations of transformer steel, along with carbon fiber stiffeners, embedded aluminum induction motor conductors, and a central spine. The bolts are normally used in two modes; assembled into a multilobed rotor for the main tracks and inclines, and separated into separate bolts for minimum radius deflection. |
Deflection Mode
In deflection mode, an electromagnet pole (shown at the bottom of this diagram) pulls the rotor towards it, with near-saturation flux density, perhaps 1.8 Tesla. The