New Wheel Design

[Alexioco]

Hi all, I cant stop thinking about my wheel, so I thought I would post my thoughts at the moment...

Firstly the weights take an outer position by the rim on one side of the wheel meaning the wheel has got to move. Now, the wheel has to move at a certain speed so that the weights can lift themsleves up from the axle, taking an outer position at the rim of the wheel. So long as the wheel is moving at a certain speed, the weights take themselves in and out of the axle keeping the overbalance, and that overbalance is what keeps the wheel moving, causing them to lift themselves to keep the wheel moving and so on and so on...

What I'm just thinking about is this: If there is an over balance in a wheel, it has to move right? and if that overbalance is constant, then the wheel will speed up. My wheel "may" not be able to perpetuate from stand still because the wheel has to be moving at a certain speed to keep the overbalance, so if I give the wheel a start off push, the weights will keep taking an outer position so long as they keep providng enough momentum to the wheel... what i'm wandering is, even though it "may" not self start, will it still work, so long as they keep taking an outer position? its a bit like throwing a stone down at the floor other than dropping it, even though it cant drop itself "so to speak" throwing it down wont mean it will loose that energy and stop because gravity will keep pulling it, the throw down just starts it off only to result in it getting faster...

Alex

[AquariuZ]

Hi all, I cant stop thinking about my wheel, so I thought I would post my thoughts at the moment...

Firstly the weights take an outer position by the rim on one side of the wheel meaning the wheel has got to move. Now, the wheel has to move at a certain speed so that the weights can lift themsleves up from the axle, taking an outer position at the rim of the wheel. So long as the wheel is moving at a certain speed, the weights take themselves in and out of the axle keeping the overbalance, and that overbalance is what keeps the wheel moving, causing them to lift themselves to keep the wheel moving and so on and so on...

What I'm just thinking about is this: If there is an over balance in a wheel, it has to move right? and if that overbalance is constant, then the wheel will speed up. My wheel "may" not be able to perpetuate from stand still because the wheel has to be moving at a certain speed to keep the overbalance, so if I give the wheel a start off push, the weights will keep taking an outer position so long as they keep providng enough momentum to the wheel... what i'm wandering is, even though it "may" not self start, will it still work, so long as they keep taking an outer position? its a bit like throwing a stone down at the floor other than dropping it, even though it cant drop itself "so to speak" throwing it down wont mean it will loose that energy and stop because gravity will keep pulling it, the throw down just starts it off only to result in it getting faster...

Alex

A permanent overbalance will cause rotation, but the force to bring the weights that caused the imbalance back to the point where they can restart their imbalancing act always levels out those forces.

It seems..

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[4Tesla]

If you rely on centrifugal force then I understand the need to hand start.  Looking forward to seeing photos and video!

Tesla

[overtaker]

Alex,  Will your wheel work in both directions? 

[Alexioco]

@AquariuZ: It seems really promising to me, If I put just one weight on the test wheel (not actual wheel for the full test) the weight applies force to the wheel when its even by the axle which gives it an upward thrust causes itself to fly upwards. If I give it a little push, because the weight is already applying force, it lifts to the rim of the wheel then drops down, I have even caused an 8 ounce weight to lift itself from the axle to the rim of the wheel (with the help of a push) The weight doesnt matter because the heavier the weight, the more stronger it lifts itself which results in a lift equal to its weight...

@overtaker: The current design does not let me have a bio-directional wheel, if I do spin it backwards it does the same movement but backwards lol. Having said that, this wheel can easily be modified to do that and even to improve it alot, this idea to me is new and I'm yet to play around with it... When I post it on here, even if it works, we can look at ways to improve it so it can start itself off rather than having to help it, but for all I know, it could be capable of self starting...

P.S The lever has stuck really well, so I shall now do the other 7 and then let them dry... I only have one concern, the wheel has had quite abit of work done to it, and I just hope the levers are strong enough to take the bashing that they receive onto those metal screw bars lol, I will have to put padding on the end of the levers... Its possible that if the wheel works, it will even control its own speed, because as it starts to get faster, the mechanism (due to CF) will start to change lol... the wheel needs to do a complete revolution every 1 second, thats the perfect speed for it...

One final thing, if the wheel does work or even if it doesnt, can I be sure that if I post it on here, it wont be used without asking me first? and will I have any credit for this find?

Edit: I'm now going to buy some batteries for this little camera and I will make a video of the movment and various other things and then I have it ready to post on here...

Alex