Seems to me the tractor airplanes would always be flying north bound and the canards would be flying perpetually south if we all had a great big magnet driving the prop. ;)

Ben

--- On Mon, 11/30/09, George Lendich <lendich@aanet.com.au> wrote:

> From: George Lendich <lendich@aanet.com.au>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Next generation re-drive
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:45 PM
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>  
> Al,
> Great find, even though
> Tracy is an Electronics
> Engineer it may be a bit too early for him to develop
> something like this for a
> reduction gearbox -  who knows, in ten years or
> so.  We always live in
> hope.
> George (down
> under)
>
>  
>   Here we go –
> no gears, no
>   lubrication required.
>    
>   http://www.engineerlive.com/Design-Engineer/Power_Transmission/Magnets_offer_advantages_as_an_alternative_to_mechanical_gears/22078/
>   __
>   A new
> challenge for
>   Tracy.
>    
>   Al
>
>