The amount of energy required during a recharge cycle is given by where Two types of buckets were intended to be used in testing. One was an ohmic bucket with a maximum mass of 0.6 KG and mechanical guidance. The other would be a superconducting bucket with a mass of 1.0 KG and copper guide strips which were assumed to reduce the drive force by 20%. The ohmic bucket results in a low energy transfer requirement of . The superconducting bucket with guide strips has a high energy transfer requirement of . The final voltage on the sector capacitor is determined to be:
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