We used to make these all the time as kids. You need a second pair of magnets in push configuration on the back for this to work.
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One of the myth-busters "anti-gravity" devices they tested was actually (very weak) a static electric ion thruster.
Pretty cool - but it did need electric power input.
What about the 4 magnets on the sides for turning!?
You're going to need a three-way monopole electromagnet if you ever want to reverse.
You need a stronger magnet at the front obviously.
Or it’s a toy American truck and they’re metric magnets. Swap them for federal units.
Water destroys magnets. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Well duh. Why else would the magnetic record on the sea floor flip back and forth?
So you can hear the 'B' side.
Groovy
You gotta release the parking brake
The handbrake is still on.
Just gotta pull yourself up by your bootstraps and figure out out like i did.
I think it is working. Exactly as designed.
Fucking magnets, how do they work?
Swap them
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You're pointing to my colleague?
You have too pee on the truck bed
missing microwave transformer, HHO electrolysis, cellulose, and nitric acid bro... obviously
The magnet dislikes you personally, that's why.
Far too many people think this is how “energy” and “frequencies” work.
It used to work till you broke it.
Rookie mistake, the thing holding the magnet from the back side is also metal so it cancels out