Eagle's Lair
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February 15, 2003

Ladies & Gentlemen:

TeamNAE™ is excited to announce our newest sponsor supporting our project. Magna Force, Inc. is a Port Angeles, WA company dealing in Mag-Lev research, development and applications. They will be providing the vehicle with the technology and expertise for utilizing magnetic braking systems for low speed application on our aluminum wheels.

President Jerry Lamb and his head engineer, Troy Sparks, spent a day recently visiting and discussing concepts with Ed Shadle for designing the braking system using the magnetized bar seen in the center picture above. This bar, if moved close enough to steel, will generate a magnetic force equal to 2,000 lbs. of pressure; strong enough to sever ones finger if caught between the bar and the steel. With aluminum, however, it creats no magnetic force when the wheel is not turning. The faster the wheel spins the greater "flux" is generated when the bar is moved close to the wheel; slowing it down without making contact to the metal. Thus, our plans are to use this at low speeds to bring the vehicle to its final stop at the end of a run.

"My goal is to design, build and test, for the safety of your team and driver, permanent magnet brakes for the rear wheels of your land speed vehicle project." says Jerry.

The brakes features will include;

- non-contact braking
- inherently anti-locking
- frictionless braking force
- variable braking force
- rain & water has no affect on brake force
- dynamic, not a holding brake, works only while moving

The application of this "cutting edge" technology is a perfect match for our project.

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