Posted by Rainer (210.54.247.221) on January 31, 2003 at 12:02:53:
In Reply to: Re: Time difference posted by Vector Viper on January 31, 2003 at 02:56:28:
Yep, the is something,
It is a known fact that the fastest (not shortest) connection between to points is not always a straight line ( see http://www.hcrs.at/KUGEL.HTM for an example, sorry german page, use google to translate).
The problem is how can one utilize this gain of 'time'. How can one use it to get energy out of it or to bring a wheel out of balance :)
Just to throw in another piece of information,
Have Fun,
Rainer
: : I was playing with increasing velocities by spiraling weights in a coil to see if I could derive more energy than from freefall. I put a BB in a tightly coiled copper tube , arranged vertically. It had about 20 feet of travel. When it came out the bottom after all that swirling about, it was barely moving!
: How big was the tube? friction+air resistance took a LOT
: off the speed, I'm sure..
: : BUT, it took a LONG TIME to get to the bottom!!!!
: : I propose that if you can slow the descending side you can have more weight than the ascending side.
: I have a design that may do the reverse;weights go up
: faster on their own rising, giving more time on the fall side.
: Oddly, in other designs, delaying the upside weights helps!!
: There's only 2 things you can do-
: move the weights or mess with time.
: : Now how can we do that?
: Time and sudden weight 'jumps' are what makes these wheels
: work...all that matters is what the wheel feels...BE the wheel.
: Someone here mentioned a PM toy made by his father(?) when he
: was 10 or so...the picture showed coils on one side, a wheel
: on the other. I was wondering-a ball free-falling has
: a certain speed after 1 foot;can this speed be increased by
: spiraling the ball (more time to build speed?) I personally
: doubt it; too easy...
: : Terry