mag'n a reel

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by driftwood

Im no expert... But, even if you make that thing fly you still have to deal with oxidation. Expose to air and salt water triple nickle neodymium plating will still rust quickly turning neodymium into a powder. (unless its gold plated) The composition is neo,iron and boron. If you could find a powerful magnet made from pure aluminuim problem solved... no such thing.

If man was meant to fly he'd have wings... LOL

Then again I don't have to make it fly, since this all is a known principle, that already is known to work.

As to oxidation.... the idea of coating the magnets and sealing them off from saltwater comes to mind.... tricky technical stuff.... huh!!!

Gold plating sounds pricey, maybe I'll just use grease until I figure out exactly which magnets I'll need and then seal them with epoxy

Don't take it wrong I actually appreciated your post. I use similar magnets in my hoop floats to hold the LED's I use for a light source. Always wondered why the rusted so fast. Now I know

Jim