hammerFall gravity powered generator

[kajunbee]

I have to watch your videos several times before I actually hear what your saying. My eyes are to busy studying the different parts. In your last video you asked about optimizing flywheel. One thing to consider is shape.  The bolts and holes in your flywheel will create more air resistance. At lower rpm it may not be significant but it's still robbing power.  In one of my projects I have  a 10" spoked flywheel. At 1800 rpm it was more like a centrifugal fan than a flywheel. I was able to shave20 watts off just by placing a steel plate close to the sides of the flywheel but not touching. So long story short a smooth flywheel would be a plus.

[burnit0017]

Hi, the guides are working ok, everything could be better.  Thanks for the info about flywheel.

[burnit0017]

There is slop between the gearing of the rack and pinion. There is no sticking at this time.

[kajunbee]

I'm not sure why you want to swap the small blue gear and large gear around. Do you not have the room to move pma shaft over and have blue gear driven directly from large pinion gear.

[burnit0017]

Hi, everything fits. I can test at 1 to 9, swap the gears and test at 1 to 6. This is just version 1. Thanks for  the help.