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Hi Fcdriver Yes, thanks, I have that drawing, but implementing it without all the feedback levers will only show the torque that is taken from the wheel and will not have the re-applied torque. Also I'm not sure how that ratchet assembly at the center of the wheel is supposed to work. But I'll try t...

Hi FcDriver I would like you to try a analysis of mt-53, not with the ladder devices, but just the levers in the lower right hand corner of the drawings. Where the lever lifting G cause a 50% reduction in the lifting of A. A longer cog from center, causing the lift to be higher, possibly a cam devic...

Hi Walt Thank you for the positive vote. Any out of balanced wheel will run, any of the MT's, if their mechanisms had some energy. This is the Gordian knot that needs to be unraveled. I quite well understand that point. Being a very visual person, I'm just trying to provide a "picture" gra...

Hi Walter I like to try an idea out in WM2d before I build the real thing so that I can optimize the design and save time in the shop. The real test for me will always be the physical model, but the sim's and their signatures can tell a lot of what is happening on the wheel, so I can make adjustment...

Hi AB We have exchanged ideas before on other forums, OU.com and OUResearch.com where I post under the name of Vortex1 and ION respectively. I continue to admire your works in metal and your insight into "the problem". I will look closely at the CF, as I believe it does appear as a signatu...

Hi Gregory Thanks for the heads up on color. I had not got that far to the right of the pull down tabs, and thought Windows / Appearance had something to to with the Windows operating system, so never tried the tabs. I would have thought the appearance tab would be under "Object" since tha...

Hi Dwayne Thanks again for your help on getting the download links in properly. It would be nice if a download button on the right would appear and do the job as it does for wm2d uploads, but I guess that would have to be associated with all file uploads, and right now it is only associated and appe...

Since the videos seem to be playing for some folks, next upload is a pendulum that alternately hammers on two stop pins as the wheel rotates, just to observe the large but brief torque pulses into the wheel. The pendulum is 0.1kg counterbalanced with an equal 0.1 kg weight at it's opposite end. Of c...

Hi Dwayne Thanks for the helpful hints. I tried copy link and pasting link as well as just dragging the link into the test box. It seems to work but doesn't give a hyperlink that you can just click on. Users will need to copy and paste it into their browsers.......I must be doing something wrong, be...

I'm at a loss as to why the videos .avi files do not play properly on this forum, as I have posted them on another forum and they play perfectly. Also the .avi and .jpg files do not have a download tab so can't be downloaded and played independent of the forum video player. Can anyone clue me in? I'...

Next we have a wheel that has two equal weights attached, but one of the weights is on a hinge that allows it to swing out at a certain point in the cycle. The power pulses are seen in the trace as the very large but brief negative going trace, always followed by a return above the zero line. The po...

Next we will attach a one pound weight to the rim of the wheel at the 6:00 position and see the resultant sinusoidal wave plotted as the motor expends torque to lift the weight up the hill (6:00 to 12:00) and then has again expend energy providing torque in the opposite direction in order to maintai...

Forgive me if this is elementary to the seasoned users of WM2d. I'm sure there are those skilled in the art of computing all the vectors associated with any configuration of weights and levers on a wheel that can far outshine what I am presenting here. As a beginner to WM2d with only a few years of ...

Hi Gregory

Thanks for that information, it is exactly what I needed. I will begin posting some stuff that falls under the limits and observes the rules.

Regards
eeman

Hi Marchello Thanks for your kind reply. I have a few questions about file sizes and file extensions for attachments but could not find anything on the FAQ listing. I am interested in posting small video files of exported WM2D runs for those who do not have WM2d. The files would typically be typical...