Posted by grim (206.162.192.40) on April 20, 2003 at 05:53:42:
In Reply to: Re: A realization....a BIG one... posted by Vector Viper on April 19, 2003 at 22:26:54:
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: : > Beating the same old dead horse of ideas hundreds of years old. A little research by people could save a lot of thought energy and a lot of shop time.
: : Right, and a little knowledge of physics and some on con-art, would also help out a great deal. Sorry to be a damper.
: I know what you mean-I had 3 or 4 other ideas that failed
: under closer scrutiny...but this raises the stakes for me.
: I can only assume no one here has built a working wheel yet,
: by the comments? I will be honest-I am really new to this 'game'
: and I cannot see why Murilo's design won't work; the heavier/
: lighter side SEEM obvious to me. I do thank him for the pictures,
: it sparked my 2 system balanced/unbalanced idea...which BTW,
: uses a wheel for the output power, but none of the important
: stuff is in a wheel at all. I wonder if the whole 'wheel'
: thing is a bit of a red herring? Oh well, it only
: matters if it works, right? :*) Bessler DID mention 2 weights
: working against each other, which my idea SEEMS to do,
: but not in a wheel?! Weird.
: Viper
Like I told Mr. Tim, Don't give up!