Earth Inductor Compass (Frame)

What Is An Earth Inductor Compass?

It is a compass that relies on spinning coils interacting with the Earth's magnetic field lines. There was one on the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 when Lindbergh made his famous flight to Paris. This is a basic model to demonstrate the principle (and in the process I discover a mistake in my assumptions!)

VIDEO: Earth Inductor Compass: https://youtu.be/5aGUOTizpqc

VIDEO on Earth Inductor Compass that failed:
Concept Was Right, Demo Was WRONG! Earth Inductor Compass (4K)
https://youtu.be/cZrNqPsOjO0





MATERIALS
- DC motor 28 mm dia (38mm long)
- DC motor rotor from an RS 550 motor
- Amp meter
- Power supply
- Motor/stator coupled by shrink wrap

The North Magnetic Pole is not at the geographic North Pole, right now it is near Ellesmere Island at 81.3°N 110.8°W.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Earth inductor compass (or simply induction compass) is a compass that determines directions using the principle