Algodoo

Wouldn't it make more sense to use Maxwell's equations for calculating magnetic forces?

Either way, great job on the scene. It's both interesting and educational.

Q: Wouldn't it make more sense to use Maxwell's equations for calculating magnetic forces?
A: I don't understand Maxwell's equations well enough to apply them to this scene. If you (or anybody else) do, then please post a response to this scene that is similar but uses Maxwell's equations.

Q: I don't understand Maxwell's equations well enough to apply them to this scene.

A: Well that makes two of us! LOL The last time I had to use Mr. Maxwell's amazing equations was about 20 years ago when I was designing a magnetic translation stage which was used for steering a beam deflection mirror for a high power laser engraving system. Fortunately for me, I had a mathematician on our development team who did all the difficult math for us! I'll just leave it as-is and let someone else smarter than me figure it out.