Sjack Abeling Gravity Wheel and the Worlds first Weight Power Plant

[X00013]

2nd try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNmDDQ5qhhQ

[fletcher]

So, is it measuring time from release to gate or just gate transit as Tinsel suggests ? I'm not familiar with gates etc.

What I do know is that if any pendulum is dropped from say horizontal at 9 o'cl that at ANY vertical height all the way down to 6 o'cl, it will have the same velocity as an identical mass & volume dropped in free fall at the same vertical height.

It may be a serendipitous coincidence that the pendulum rod is longer than the free fall height & the experiment is 'managed' so that the release angle of the pendulum & gate times are identical, or it could be that it was staged that way for another reason ?

[eisenficker2000]

I still need that powerplant in the gardenshed 

A "cross-breed" wheel..for the wm2d fanatics (in dxf)

The top ramp might be unnecessary...the lower ramp..to improve the balance.

[ramset]

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when I use your link, this is where it takes me
http://www.youtube.com/browse?ytsession=46lyvRLiRV6KP9dWNGM_cFaF6Z3KzNHVLV316pFvkqI7IQ9Lk_hL2xFn3veXHJnyu6TwshOVapPOKk9OqXRggo3Y40rqynXPUSbehvBS89IRMaMwyxUZzfbpnUTJW_R63d9Q0Vu5aYRQqUkk1_mjqKvQnHVMYtYEy1y318lTXefJgT1cNP519CCUIZRvZUf15lE9EhXUd5XvA8NpG2E1M6fNqN_eGCYCxnn7Hi_-neajB_wItv-zlUER9VM-7rIV9HuHg7Blk-6rpX6NuxUvG0_KTShMOq7X1JT0SFsWp-Y
Chet

[i_ron]

Perhaps you are misinterpreting the video. Actually what is being measured is the velocity, and it is equal for both.
From the video description:
"Using two photogates, we see that the vertical velocity of the dropped ball is identical to the horizontal velocity of the pendulum, measured at the same height. Potential energy has been converted to kinetic energy equally in both cases."

Guess it pays to "read the directions" first

Sorry TK, I jumped to a wrong conclusion,

Ron