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re: hey
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re: hey
If you look at your last drawing you will see that the weight on the ascending side is higher than the weight on the descending side. It takes energy to lift the weight which is lost before it can be recovered.
All unbalanced wheels have the same problem. When you look at the weights at 9 and 3 o'clock there seems to be an unbalanced torque which will drive the wheel.
The problem is that the weight must be lifted at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions .
Another way of looking at it is that a weight only has a certain potential energy from its altitude. When it drops you can get energy from it, but it must be restored to its original height to be reset. There is no net gain of energy in this type of system. This is empirical knowledge from centuries of inventors who have tried this.
In order to extract energy from gravity, if possible, there must be another principle applied .
All unbalanced wheels have the same problem. When you look at the weights at 9 and 3 o'clock there seems to be an unbalanced torque which will drive the wheel.
The problem is that the weight must be lifted at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions .
Another way of looking at it is that a weight only has a certain potential energy from its altitude. When it drops you can get energy from it, but it must be restored to its original height to be reset. There is no net gain of energy in this type of system. This is empirical knowledge from centuries of inventors who have tried this.
In order to extract energy from gravity, if possible, there must be another principle applied .
Vic Hays
Ambassador MFG LLC
Ambassador MFG LLC
re: hey
Well put Mr. Hays.
I would like to make the point that I like to see posts by new folks, even if they go over old/obvious ground, thats because its another mind, another 'angle' looking at the problem, and one day some one might post a doodle and say 'why doesn't this work?'
and we will look and say 'AAAAAAGH! I can't see why not! and run off into our workshops ...........lol
or one small elment or word may trigger a light bulb in one of the readers, who knows.
regards
J
I would like to make the point that I like to see posts by new folks, even if they go over old/obvious ground, thats because its another mind, another 'angle' looking at the problem, and one day some one might post a doodle and say 'why doesn't this work?'
and we will look and say 'AAAAAAGH! I can't see why not! and run off into our workshops ...........lol
or one small elment or word may trigger a light bulb in one of the readers, who knows.
regards
J
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