The Triang/Rovex ‘Magicar’ motor iln all its glory an inside out version of the typical electrical motor. Whereas cutting the supply to one coil field would result in a stop/start activation of the motor Triang/Rovex flipped this upside down and put the magnet on the spindle/axis and a coil field around the outside. This resulted in the ability to start and stop the the motor by simply stopping the vehicle . A cranked motor spindle acting on the end acted like a set of points or contact breakers on a combustion engine.
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| Terry Harle Collection |
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Amazing! Never seen it in action! Thanks Terry and Wotan! What a great toy.
ReplyDeleteTheres one on ebay right now!
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is great to see this set in action at last. Just had a look at Ebay - https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=captain+scarlet+triang&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=captain+scarlet
ReplyDeleteThe prices are a bit out of my league. But nice to see that some of these sets are still around.
Fascinating to see how it actually works! Ingenious!
ReplyDeleteThey aren’t cheap for themost part, but very scarce and in line with most Anderson memorabilia
ReplyDeleteToo. Cool. For. Words. Wow!
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