Magnetic Propelled Boat with N52 Neos 2

This one is really growing on me. For a brief time at the higher speeds it really has a little kick when it's working right. It's supposed to be going around in a circle and slowing down in the same spot each rotation.Show more

I am still trying to thoroughly understand why it is working but it has too many moving parts to really visualize in simple terms.

I am trying to formulate it's basic maneuver as class 1 and a class 3 levers where the weight at the end of the magnet is the mass and one or the other of the poles of the magnet are the fulcrum while the other is the force. The problem is that it needs to take place with no friction and the fulcrum is free to move with a given amount of resistance.

Another way to picture the basic maneuver is to picture a tall narrow rocket ship in micro gravity where there are two thrusters on either side of one end of its length so that when both fired simultaneously they cause it to rotate lengthwise.

Also I am trying to judge it as the result of centrifugal force when the magnet causes the boat to rotate at a point not at it's center of mass.

There is a difficult to grasp- even more than all of that- concept of what happens when the magnets slow down the rotation of the unbalanced boat. That seems to make it go. Sort of like the water in a pipe when you turn off the faucet quickly makes a bang.

I think it works according to the applications of conservation of momentum between angular and linear when an unbalanced rotating object collides with another rotating object and flies off in a straight line.

Anyone who could provide insight or advice in the comments would be appreciated.

Stay tuned:)