Posted by Vector Viper (205.162.15.2) on January 31, 2003 at 02:56:28:
In Reply to: Time difference posted by Terry on January 30, 2003 at 23:13:25:
: 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