Posted by Darren (208.143.232.66) on May 19, 2003 at 10:20:10:
In Reply to: To Darren(popular today!) posted by Vector Viper on May 18, 2003 at 18:42:45:
: I am dabbling in my own designs; and I have have to ask-
: do your designs involve spinning weights or flywheels?
: That is my main foucus at the moment...I'm acually trying
: to avoid levers, if possible.
Spinning weights... well, there are weights inside the wheel... and the wheel is spinning... so yes... unless you mean... does each individual weight spin... then no.
Flywheels... the wheel is one large flywheel... but there's not a bunch of little flywheels or anything like that... if that's what you mean.
Levers... yes... limit or avoid levers. Levers are used for lifting something on one side by dropping something on the other... that leads us back to the old "you can't drop 5lb 5 ft to raise a different 5lb more than 5 ft" thing... conservative force and all that... levers aren't the answer.
Darren