Sjack Abeling Gravity Wheel and the Worlds first Weight Power Plant

[Cherryman]

Seems ok, i cant quite put it all together though, i can't understand why those round holes are in the pattern, they must have some relation to the rest of the pattern, this one really has me stuck

ahhh I may aswel say it, I am currently working on a wheel of my own, its not finished yet, i was going to test it then post it on here to save people wating but, it wont be much longer now, i found a very simple yet effective way of making weights lift themselves up to the outer wheel, then back in to the axle all on their own without any thing to control them, they control themselves, while one weight it at the rim, the other is at the axle, they keep swapping places,... I'm wandering if this chap has found something similiar, i found this by mistake, dont know if it will work yet though, i dont like saying until i have tested it, i shall post it on here soon as its done, i'm sure we will benefit from it some how

Alex

Sounds good Alex!  Feel free to share it anytime   

[Cherryman]

Alex, sinds his setup at the picture is made out of wood...  It could be that those holes are to balance the wheels, it is not easy to saw completely balanced wheel out of wood..  So maybe they do not have a function in the system, but are just a way to balance it. 

[Alexioco]

sounds quite reasonable, the last wheel i made, the axle was not centre so the wheel turned on it owns which was anoying, i hope it doesn do this on my new one, shouldnt be long to its done though, its simple enough lol

I wander if the holes are supposed to have weights in? at the beggining, its says that the weights have been removed due to security reasons... hmmm maybe its a kind of fly-wheel? which help the weights to take their path/movement?

Alex

[hartiberlin]

Hi ALL,
I changed the KAD 23 WM2D file into a wheel,
that just gets a push from a weight that falls on it and then
the wheels should keep spinning on,
but it just does not work.

3 slots are just too few to get it to work.
There is always too much drag from the weight which must be lifted from 6 to 11 o´clock.

Attached is the WM2D file and a screenshot.
I have already exported an AVI movie with the Export function of
WM2D via the XVID codec and will post this now on youtube.

Regards, Stefan.

[Alexioco]

nice one stefan, ill watch that when its uploaded.
Anyway, im off to bed all, im dog tired  lol


nighty night

Alex