Gravity Powered Generator With Gyroscope 'Sails'

[tim123]

Hi Lumen,
  As I said - I'm pretty sure the back-force in your design does get transferred back to wheel 'A' - thru the bearings...

I think, by having to turn the thing yourself - you'll just end up with a UU device...

[lumen]

This is a different concept!

There is NO way any force can be transferred back to the rotating drive because nothing is connected.
The gyro could be on the same shaft as the centrifugal weight. Nothing attached to the drive wheel but a single bearing!

You would be simply using a gyro to work against centrifugal force and generate power. The center wheel only sees rotating mass.

Using precession to power a generator is impossible, because if you stop the precession the gyro simply falls.

[tim123]

Using precession to power a generator is impossible, because if you stop the precession the gyro simply falls.

Lol. You're right. I just tried it. Thanks, you answered my question.

Ok, perhaps you could explain your design... How are the bits connected to the drive disc? I'm not sure I get why you've added the gyros... I guess they'll try to keep their orientation - and work along with the weights?


Tim

[lumen]

If you think of the generator mounted on the other side of the disk attached to the gyro and the weight attached to the shaft of the generator, then the generator could provide power to the gyro and a motor to turn the disk.

There would be no load on the disk other than some bearing and air resistance. The gyro, generator and weight would only appear as mass on the disk and could not cause any additional drag but still generate power from the rotation of the disk.

It also seems possible that the gyro could be run directly from some gearing to the weight. It may be easier to do it electronically but the possibility is there.

This was the first concept to provide power from the centrifugal forces on a rotating disk but the other concepts have some advantages and achieve the same goal. (they are just harder to understand)

[telecom]

Hi Lumen,

I think your concept may actually work!

Can you please expand on your other ideas, which you said are "more difficult to understand".

Thank you.