Posted by murilo (200.98.29.94) on October 24, 2003 at 15:37:25:
In Reply to: Re: Avalanche Drive model update posted by Jonathan on October 24, 2003 at 00:02:47:
Yes, same as hapens to me. The model I started of course needs some adjusments and ''adaptings'' for to chose asseblings best ways. I made the pieces too heavy and it's not easy to deal with so large and long device. If possible, next one, after CAD and possiblely CAE, will be much smaller, but still compact.
Also, for a try, one may experiment partial functioning for each of the main 4 parts. They work sepparately great, this is the point where I stopped. You see, there is no reason for the ''non functioning'' for entire set! Regs. Murilo SP 24/oct
: Made an attempt at a model and couldn't complete it due to enineering difficulties.
: : Jonathan, hi. Welcome. I'll also help to you in anything I can.
: : Pls be free to ask, as you wish. Regs. Murilo oct/23
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: : : As I may have (don't remember) mentioned in a different thread, I plan to do some model building of this device too. Hope to update on that soon!
: : : : I can't see any posts about this device, but it mystifies me. One thing is that the inventor never finished it. That's a clue. Did he realise something? Also, there are small hooks, and if you look carefully at the diagram, one of the wheels on the lower hub is coloured black, and that is the point where the hooked rods fall off and allow the chain to expand.
: : : : I started out trying to understand this by saying to
myself that it would seek the state of least potential energy, and thus end up with the compressed chain at the bottom, and the uncompressed chain at the top, like rocks falling through water to the bottom. But that can't happen, because the chain is automatically decompressed as it enters the rising column, which is guaranteed to only contain uncompressed links.
: : : : Someone put me out of my agony? :/