In the early 1800s, physicist Michael Faraday invented the first device to convert electrical energy into mechanical motion. This is an easily built version of his motor. The magnet sets up a magnetic field, and the electrical current through the screw sets up a separate electromagnetic field around the screw. The two fields react and the result is rotation.
This is a variation the simplest form of conventional electric motor (i.e. NOT a Faraday motor or other odd type). This version used vibration commutation.
This is a montage of video and stills taken on a flight from DuPage Airport in Illinois on July 22, 2006. The plane is the B-17G owned and operated by The Collings Foundation.
This is the first time I tried the ACME "FlyCamOne2" solid state video camera on an airplane. I used my GWS "Slow Stick" park flyer, but I impatient and the weather was a bit too windy for the Slow Stick. This made the flight uneven, but all went well. However, the FlyCamOne2 stopped recording before the flight was over...
![B-17 \"Nine-O-Nine\" Flight](http://img.youtube.com/vi/s-XLLQofuEA/2.jpg "B-17 \\"Nine-O-Nine\\" Flight")
