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Buchli drive

Okay, so imagine you have a toy car that needs to move forward. Normally, you would have wheels at the back of the car that push it along the ground. But instead of wheels, imagine the car has a tiny little motor inside it that spins really fast. This motor is called a "Buchli drive".

Now, to make the car move forward, we need to make the Buchli drive spin really fast. To do that, we need to give it some power. So we attach some batteries to the car, which provide the power we need. When we turn on the batteries, electricity flows through the car and into the Buchli drive, which makes it spin really fast.

As the Buchli drive spins, it creates a powerful magnetic field. This magnetic field is so strong that it pushes against another magnetic field in the car, which makes the car move forward. Kind of like how two magnets will repel each other if you try to push them together.

So that's basically how a Buchli drive works! It's a tiny little motor that creates a strong magnetic field to push things forward. And they can be used in all sorts of different things, from toy cars like this one to much bigger machines in real life.
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