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Originally Posted by shaunjohnson
yeah!!
grab a nice round neodynium magnet and place in the shock cap, get another and attach to the shock shaft and you are set  simple |
Not quite that simple that would cause the fluid to thicken and you would have maximum resistance. You would need to vary the magnets distance from the shock body to vary the dampening.
I saw electromagnetic shocks on Discovery Channel, TLC or something like that a few years ago. They were installing the system in a Humvee. They even had a demonstration with a pan of fluid and the electromagnetic element of the shock. They dipped the shock into the fluid and turned up a power source. The fluid formed around it and as they turned down the source the fluid dropped away in chunks like adding water to mud. I thought of doing something like this for my RC also. I have it all worked out even have a full bottle of ferro fluid. I was going to use a servo to turn the pot on a DC motor control kit or a brushed speed control. the coils around the shocks would require shorter springs so the coils could be around the middle of the shock bodies. I still want to do this (and a bunch of other things) but I get sidetracked easily esp. with work. The only idea I have that someone has not already brought to market is the one I mentioned earlier.
I know its Wiki but here is a link with some info:
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu8v3GR...logical_damper
Jeff