EEVblog #924 - Hovering Delorean!

Dave unboxes and plays with an Indiegogo campaign Kids Logic magnetic hovering Delorean!
Will it hover? And how does it work?

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[DeanHerbertMooCow]

once it fails to align, you need to remove it at least 15cm upwards before you try again. if it gets into a bad state it will not realign until you first take it away from the base.

source: my friend has a similar hovering figurine. takes a bit of practice but should work once you get the hang of it.

[hakemon]

I can almost imagine, you have this thing on your shelf, and have a power flicker, and the thing shoots off or goes back to being stuck in one corner.

[EEVblog]

UPDATE: Finally got it working with the supplied adapter, so it does work. Still very inconsistent though, most goes it does not work.

[TheDenzel]

"And I'm here with Phill, Everyone knows Phill" ... And I'm just here wondering who the fuck Phill is...

[OsmosisHD]

I guess since Australia the polarity of the electromagnet is upside down, that's why it's so tricky getting it to float

[DavidKenny]

You need a flux capacitor calibrated for the southern hemisphere.

[spetro]

Dave, these toys are just like this. I had a magnetic hovering spinning top toy years ago and it was equally difficult. It took hours of attempts before I could get it working. Others also experienced the same as me. So I wouldn't be down about it. They are difficult to use.

[acaaew]

Once you figured out how to get it to hover there is no way you can give something that is that fricken awesome a thumbs down. Of course I am a HUGE BTTF fan so you can see why I love that model. I am such a crazy BTTF fan that I had to get a picture of my wife and I during our honey moon in front of the clock tower at Universal (VIP tour FTW) and of course have pictures of us in front of the movie car also.

[mikesantana]

This is Michael Santana. At 8 minutes and 13 seconds into this video you posted a screen shot of my message I sent to Indiegogo about the problems I was having. The part you did not post was my reply that is still currently posted under my original message I posted the very next day. I took it upon myself to take the car apart to examine the internals to see if I could possibly perform a "do it myself" fix. The rear passenger side wheel connector inside was not aligned with the hole where the metal tubing from the wheels goes into. I aligned it and press the wheel's metal connector into the metal port and that fixed the problem of the "wobbling wheel that fell off when you tilt the car". Also I noticed the front passenger side black wire was not attached and I place it back into the correct placement where the negative wire was suppose to be. After I slowly lower the car from straight above the base it hovered and all lights worked. Kids-Logic agreed to replace the missing Mr. Fusion.

[brothyr]

Seems like the power supply that came with it would've done just fine. It only sucked in 1.5A for a few seconds and stayed near or under 0.8A. Could've been a late change to save a few bucks on the wall warts.

[AirCommandRockets]

That should have been a 1.21 Jiggawatt power supply.

[Timru]

Oh come on, getting the hang of it is part of all the fun. Didn't you play video games with difficult levels that seem easier after watching a friend walk you through? This is somehow the same with you making a walk through of hovering a Delorean. Thank you, it was fun seeing you struggling there for a while, noticing that it does something so it's bound to work. :)

[yucannthahvitt]

I don't see how you can give that a thumbs down, how do you expect that they make balancing something in a magnetic field more user friendly? Balancing stuff just by nature is not an easy thing to do, those guys that balance stacks of rocks and motorbikes and stuff are impressive because regular folk just can't do it on the first go. I wouldn't expect this to be easy to do, I'm surprised they made a consumer product that involves this because it's getting exactly the reaction I would expect; wah wah it's too hard!

[kevincozens]

Nice that you finally got it to hover. I wonder how many other people received a package with an inadequate power supply brick and haven't noticed. It would explain why a lot of other users can't get the car to hover.

[DVSProductions]

You notice that the supplied power supply, is powerful enough to keep the car afloat, because it only takes 300ma. But still, it is not powerful enough to allow the wrong placement

[srvr]

maybe leveling the base would help with the insane balancing act required. a real shame about the power plug. any idea if they only sent out the wrong adapters to Australia? All that aside, it is a pretty cool toy

[AstAMoore]

So, after it stabilizes, it seems to draw around 300 mA tops. The peak current (that I can see) is only during _some_ of the dicking around while trying to stabilize it.

[arrowstheorem]

So, the cause was wrong usage? the capacitive touch button need to be toggled?

[marcus_w]

What about the power draw - I spotted 300ma while hovering and lights on. What was this massive 2A draw? While magnetising the coils the first time?

[cup_and_cone]

You never revisted the current after you got it floating... Draw was only 150 milliamp with lights off, 300 milliamp with lights on. Seems like the 1A supply is more than adequate.