Hi John C.
Does the wheel show a pulsation effect when it runs at its upper rpm threshold, Meaning accel/decel.
But would run smooth under its maximum load?
How about if you force it to over spin, would it act like a brake?
Thanks
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Hi Nitro,
The written accounts of the wheel all remark on the very smooth and even rotation both when running freely and when under load. The only difference being that the wheel slowed its rotation under load - so no pulsation.
Forced over-speeding was tested by allowing the weight (70 pounds) that it had already raised from the castle yard to the roof to fall and in doing so turn the wheel - again the wheel ran out smoothly, but no record can I find that tells what speed of rotation there was then.
There were two kinds of wheel, firstly Bessler produced the one-way wheel (uni-directional) which would spontaneously begin to rotate as soon as its brake was released, and the second type, produced later to quell accusations that there was a clockwork mechanism hidden inside the wheel, which could spin in either direction but which had to be started with a gentle push. This second kind, the bi-directional wheel, would accelerate as soon as it had done about half a rotation and in about three turns achieve its maximum speed. The max speed of the bi-directional wheels was generally half that of the uni-directional ones.
John Collins
The written accounts of the wheel all remark on the very smooth and even rotation both when running freely and when under load. The only difference being that the wheel slowed its rotation under load - so no pulsation.
Forced over-speeding was tested by allowing the weight (70 pounds) that it had already raised from the castle yard to the roof to fall and in doing so turn the wheel - again the wheel ran out smoothly, but no record can I find that tells what speed of rotation there was then.
There were two kinds of wheel, firstly Bessler produced the one-way wheel (uni-directional) which would spontaneously begin to rotate as soon as its brake was released, and the second type, produced later to quell accusations that there was a clockwork mechanism hidden inside the wheel, which could spin in either direction but which had to be started with a gentle push. This second kind, the bi-directional wheel, would accelerate as soon as it had done about half a rotation and in about three turns achieve its maximum speed. The max speed of the bi-directional wheels was generally half that of the uni-directional ones.
John Collins