Do I even have my nomenclature correct for this type of motor?
Is what I'm trying to build really a 3 phase AC synchronous motor?
Or is it really an induction motor with 3 driving phases?
I did some more reading and it almost seems like an actual 3 phase AC synchronous motor has a powered rotor, with the 3 phases on the rotor and the 3 phases on the stator out of phase, and it's that out of phase that makes it turn.
And I'm still trying to get my head around how that 'shorted rotor' with all of its 'shorted' copper bars and wires actually generate that 'counter balancing magnetic force'... Got my left hand out with the 3 fingers pointing every which way...maybe I should use my right hand?