Posted by John Collins (194.164.38.83) on May 15, 2003 at 23:46:18:
In Reply to: Wheel response to weight motion... posted by Vector Viper on May 15, 2003 at 23:38:17:
I couldn't let this pass without comment. I have pointed this out before, but for those who missed it, there is more than one piece of textual evidence which states that Bessler's wheel had a remarkably even and equable motion when rotating. So rotation was NOT uneven.
JC
: I have read many posts here; it is said that Besslers wheel
: rotated unevenly-supposedly needing this to work properly.
: I have thought about this; many early ideas I had (not built)
: I could see that the wheel accelerating/decellerating could
: help or hinder operation, depending on the design. If a weight
: falls on a arm in a wheel, the wheel gets unloaded by the weight
: untill the arm hits something, or hangs straight down.
: During the unload, if the wheel stops turning or even reverses
: direction, of course it stops...
: Having a wheel turn, then stop every 90 degrees though, may give
: time for levers/weights/mech to move into position...it also
: kills off centrifical force too-but the wheel's energy
: needs to be stored somewhere during the stop...
: A few of my later ideas (which I am building now) seem to want
: a very heavy, ponderous wheel, one that does NOT respond
: quicky to weights moving in it. I envision using a very light
: wheel with a geared-up flywheel on it to do just that...
: Since my test wheels are very small (about 1 foot around),
: and very light, it is needed...
: I think the pendulum in besslers wheel is
: an energy sink, absorbing what would be jerky motion.
: it also acts as a speed regulator at resonance!
: A tip-for any wheel you make, make sure you give it enough
: energy to at least go around BY ITSELF at least 2-4 times,
: this makes sure it does not work, if it just turns 90 degrees
: then just rocks, you don't know, do you! :*)
: Vector Viper