Posted by John Collins (194.164.38.213) on May 26, 2003 at 02:34:32:
In Reply to: Re: Question for John Collins - Position of CoG ? posted by SK on May 26, 2003 at 00:16:07:
Further to my last. SK has a good point. If the bi-directional wheel is stable when stationary then the CoG must be below the horizontal line.
JC
: Hi Fletcher
: I think CoG is under horigental line.
: And some distance to the rotation direction from the center.
: Its because Bessler says :
: weights on one side of the wheel were farther from the axle than the weights on the other side of the wheel, creating an imbalance which caused the wheel to move.
: It means CoG is changeg between about 2:30 and 3:30 position.
: For your information, I already applied patent of my wheel design.
: I think the CoG is changing in a rotation.
: But not so much changed by the RPM increrase, because the inside arrangement is changing repeatedly.
: If CoG is always upper horizontal, the wheel have no stable position.
: But the bi-directional wheel had a stable position.
: I hope this will be some help to you.
: regards SK.
:
: : First let me say that I sincerely hope that Darren or any one else of us solves this riddle. It has occupied my waking & sleeping hours for far to many years.
: : I would like to pose the following questions to all in the group! For those reading these answers it may help clarify some thinking. For John Collins my apologies as it seems like another imposition on your time & charitable nature.
: : In your design approach/do you currently think, that the answer to Besslers Wheel is an unbalanced wheel. If so, using a clock face where do you see the resultant CoG position?
: : If this CoG position is below the horizontal line made by the axle, is this a show stopper & why?
: : Is this CoG position constant, or variable (i.e. oscillating [rhythmic or chaotic] or maybe moves further from centre as RPM increases?
: : None of the above i.e. uses another method that creates the illusion of Out Of Balance to the observer but infact is using a function of another force acting with gravity to achieve the result.
: : Is a hybrid of shifted CoG & another force acting in tandem with gravity?