Is that the mysterious 'heat losses' that pequaide has constantly reminded us about ... I thought pequaide made it quite clear how absurd these are ... especially in the case of cylinders & spheres, where heat would have to be generated ...Oystein wrote:Remeber the "invisible" negative momentum component when momentum "moves" between objects of different mass !
Then again maybe heat IS generated ... i'm trying to picture a 3 kg mass getting spun up and gaining all the energy ... I've read the NASA pdf, but they never say whether the thing explodes or not ... or how they stop it spinning ... is it just a use-once-then-discard device?
Who suggested this could only work in space or horizontally ... I don't see any suggestion of either limitation ... F = MA here on earth or in space, upside down, or sideways ... and relative to what anyway?
Fletcher - thank you for explaining the difference between Momentum and Energy so clearly.
Pequaide - thank you for your patience & wisdom.
I've long been interested in the fact that energy increases with the square of velocity. I was thinking of ways to sum two velocities together, to achieve a proportional squareing of the energy. This yoyo method seems to be another way of looking at the same problem - and the numbers certainly get me excited. We need a simple working model to demonstrate over unity lift, and then the rest is all downhill (so to speak).
Or maybe there is a fundamental flaw in the whole thing? It's frustrating, but please give Pequaide the full credit for bringing to our attention one of the most exciting concepts i've seen for years ...
And I can understand wanting to avoid springs and water due to losses. Bessler may have considered using springs and water, but there is no evidence he used either in his wheel. That's not to say interesting devices couldn't be made.
The Messias Wheel is fascinating me at the moment ,,, but that's for a completely different forum.