Sjack Abeling Gravity Wheel and the Worlds first Weight Power Plant

[AquariuZ]

Who am I? A man from the west who has been following a star across the desert for 40 years. When I see a handle which begins with alpha and ends with omega what else should I think but that perhaps I have met a fellow traveller on the same journey. As to specifics, that is no secret. Just google "Frank Grimer" or "Francis Joseph Grimer".

And now I've told you who I am perhaps you can tell me who you are. You can use the private message facility if you're shy, or afraid the MIB will get you (they probably know all about you anyway  )

My comment was directed @ lostcauses10x who asked me to tell them who I am.

But thanks for sharing.   

[AquariuZ]

Hi AquariuZ,

If you want a decent, very easy to learn, application to create plans (or any 2d/3d model) please use Google Sketchup.
http://sketchup.google.com/
I love this one.
You will need 30+ mins to learn basic techniques. (tutorials are built in)
Seeing is believing.

regards,

Tracker

Wow 

Thank you sir

[Grimer]

My comment was directed @ lostcauses10x who asked me to tell them who I am.

But thanks for sharing.   

LOL. I should remember to read the quotes before answering. 

[X00013]

Hi AquariuZ,

If you want a decent, very easy to learn, application to create plans (or any 2d/3d model) please use Google Sketchup.
http://sketchup.google.com/
I love this one.
You will need 30+ mins to learn basic techniques. (tutorials are built in)
Seeing is believing.

regards,

Tracker

And sketchy has a physics plug in http://code.google.com/p/sketchyphysics2/

And Blender is a free gane physics engine that is pretty good  http://www.blender.org/

Heres some examples   http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=sketchyphysics&search_sort=video_date_uploaded

                                   http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=blender+physics&search_sort=video_view_count

[i_ron]

I've considered from the start that the different slot profiles may have been due to trail and error testing.  The video shows what we believe to be prototype wheel(s).  They are roughly made so I think Abeling might have been trying things out.  He might have change the shape of only one slot to see how it performed.  So there could be 16 variations.  Or he might have tried pairs or multiples of pairs of slot profiles.  I think we might be seeing a wheel where half the slots are of one profile attempt and the other half is a second for evaluation purposes.  But I suppose the production machine would use all identical optimum profiles.

Again, just guesses.

M.

mondrasek,

I think the slots are deliberately asymmetric...

"The weights are applied two by two: one weight is pushing/falling, the other one has to be lifted."

This is the key.

Ron