Bigclive - How Wile-E-Coyote's dynamite blaster works

[Genericenemy]

[video=youtube;9as5wfHV6rk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9as5wfHV6rk[/video]
Interesting.

[CMX]

I can listen to Clive explain how things work all day. He is like the calm version of AVE

[helifreak]

Someone make a plunger that looks like the fish.

[BlackPhoenix]

There will be no resistance to moving the handle down even if the firing circuits are connected. Because circuit will not be closed until very end when the plunger closes the contacts, there will be no current going through rotor & stator and therefore there won't be the electric braking effect.

You just end up revving up to maximum speed, at which point the contact closes and voltage of probably around 30-60 volts is applied over the terminals, the rotor will quickly brake after emitting a burst of current (due to the electric braking effect).

[Instant Mix]

[QUOTE=BlackPhoenix;52379111]There will be no resistance to moving the handle down even if the firing circuits are connected. Because circuit will not be closed until very end when the plunger closes the contacts, there will be no current going through rotor & stator and therefore there won't be the electric braking effect.

You just end up revving up to maximum speed, at which point the contact closes and voltage of probably around 30-60 volts is applied over the terminals, the rotor will quickly brake after emitting a burst of current (due to the electric braking effect).[/QUOTE]

I think that's what he is talking about, I don't think he's referring to if there was a load in general, but rather if the load was constantly connected rather than only connected on the contact switch at the bottom