Pereptual Motion Wheel

[erickdt]

Wherever the pivot points are on the wheel where your arms are connected will be the only place that bares the weight, regardless of how the arms are orientated on the pivots.

[markh]

Here's a question.   If you had a lever that was balanced halfway between the edge of the wheel and the center of the wheel.   ( ie a 2 foot radius, with a two foot lever.  The center of the lever is a peg or bearing half way between the center and the right of the wheel, )   Say it's equally balanced with one pound on each end.      Is there a difference between where the center of that lever is if it is free to rotate, versus if it is somehow attached to the side of the wheel.

What I'm getting at, is if you had four of those, and the ones on one side rotated to attach one weight to thee end of the wheel, but the ones on the other side were rotated to keep all of the weight on the center of it's lever (halfway between the center and edge)   would this create an inbalanced wheel?

[broli]

Here's a question.   If you had a lever that was balanced halfway between the edge of the wheel and the center of the wheel.   ( ie a 2 foot radius, with a two foot lever.  The center of the lever is a peg or bearing half way between the center and the right of the wheel, )   Say it's equally balanced with one pound on each end.      Is there a difference between where the center of that lever is if it is free to rotate, versus if it is somehow attached to the side of the wheel.

What I'm getting at, is if you had four of those, and the ones on one side rotated to attach one weight to thee end of the wheel, but the ones on the other side were rotated to keep all of the weight on the center of it's lever (halfway between the center and edge)   would this create an inbalanced wheel?

The answer is no. Whether it's horizontal or vertical the total weight on the peg will stay the same. It's like asking whether the scale will give you a smaller number if you lay on it instead of stand on it.

[Alexioco]

Hey broli, I always like your comments, what do you think about this idea, its slightly improved



P.S I would like to work with you on some sort of wheel?