How to Transfer Rotational Power Without Shafts

When building vehicles, cranes, or multi-part flying machines, running rigid shafts between moving sections is often impossible. You have two ways to bridge empty gaps and share rotation across separate parts of your build.

Sending Power Across Empty Space

1. Locate the powered shaft or gearbox on the main body of your machine and place one magnetic port facing the gap you want to cross.

2. On the receiving assembly across the empty space, place a second magnetic port aligned with the first.

3. Supply rotational power to the first port. The magnetic ports transmit that rotation directly across the open air without needing connecting shafts between them, letting sliding or detached sections receive power cleanly.

Sharing Rotation with Springs

1. When two sections of a vehicle or crane shift slightly relative to one another, place torsional anchors on each separate part of the machine.

2. Connect those torsional anchors using springs.

3. Feed rotational power into one side of the system. The spring link shares that rotation across both anchored sections while accommodating movement between the different parts of your machine.