Earth Field Motor Driving a Boat

There are fishing swivels as bearings on the top and the bottom of the armature holding it to the wooden hoop.

Some friction from the rotating armature through the bearings/swivels makes the boat turn a little bit but not nearly as fast as the statorless motor turns and it could be counteracted by a number of methods in theory. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

For now we see an Earth magnetic field permanent magnet statorless motor propelling a little aluminum pan boat at about 2-3 inches per minute South. (And the direction can be changed by repositioning the weight and altering the timing on the statorless motor)

This is pretty amazing in my book.

Stay tuned:)