Yeah it might work...

Depending on how many magnets you get and how much weight each one can support.

You're mad I tell you, mad!

Awesome if it works though.

I think this sounds awesome. Very ambitious.

I wonder, though, if using stronger non-Lego magnets on the track would help it float easier. Also, you'll have to be careful that you don't let the electronics get mixed up with the magnets. Magnets don't like electronics. :/

Good luck!

EDIT: What about using pullback motors rather than electric motors? That would keep the weight down.

Hey, you stole my idea!

But yeah, sounds cool. You'd need a ton of bricks to make the walls, though. Unless if you make more of a frame, instead of a block wall...

-Torhuki

Do it.

Or make it a maglev, but that's a bit cliché.

TMD

Hate to burst your bubble, but the Star Wars exhibit that's been visitng various science museums accross the US is already using magnetic LEGO Bricks in this way.

Also, the magnets will likely cause the craft-or-whatever to flip and somersault in mid air unless you can find a way to keep it securely upright.

Takuma Nuva

Also, the magnets will likely cause the craft-or-whatever to flip and somersault in mid air unless you can find a way to keep it securely upright.

Sorry sorry, couldn't help it. Well, if the Star Wars model worked, this could too, if it's built right. Might help to find pictures of this model.

Might help to find pictures of this model.

I think half the fun is trying to make your own idea...

-Torhuki

The exact model used at the exhibit used a custom "chassis" anyways.

Blurry Picture.

Takuma Nuva

I think a quarter pipe would possibly work better. Then mount side magnets on angles to match with them. With a heavy enough center, it might not go up the sides.

Also, not only do I think it'd work, I think it's mad genius.

-B-

It's a really cool idea, though 1000 of those magnets will be (roughly) $600, plus a fortune on shipping, if you were to buy them all in one go.

-Sidorak-

DO IT!

Yes.

Do it!

I can promise you, it'd be the centerpiece of Brickcon if you do it.

100% certain. Also, may I recommend you also look into the possibilities of other means of propulsion? IE, perhaps Pnumatics? It might work if you could rig up a motor and a pump to push the air out fast and hard enough to push the object.

Then again, with literally no friction, you could pull anything off. Who knows. -Swert

Hold on - have you considered making a proper hovercraft to go with the magnetic one? That would be interesting. You'd have to use a Lego canvas/cloth piece and find a way of sealing it so the air doesn't escape.

DO WANT.

The Argetlam

I'd really like to see that idea in motion. Let me know how it goes.

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