.....I suggest,can be a short clear definition of a possible gravity motor.
Somehow and sometime,the art and the science are on the same "path"...
You can have a moment of new thoughts ,if you take a look at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVRgY88ecIs
So,you can easy think and build/test ,step by step;
-a pendulum
-a counterweighted pendulum
-a variable counterweighted pendulum
The problem of "variability" is so large,but the main purpose is to get a self-moving scheme,due to gravity.
All the best! / Alex
.....as a simple expression (and suggestion to build a self-running mechanism!),you can watch at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZNe43dhMus
You need to play gravity fall and inertia storage,nothing more...
All the best! / Alex
I like it alex. Just replace the guy with a weight that moves itself around the circle and extract the power at the axis. Doesn't seem to complicated.
Interesting. Replace the guy with a heavy gyroscope, that can maintain its orientation relative to gravity, head to the sky.
Hi !
So,we have a simplified arrangement,with a single variable arm/spoke.
You can see it as a particular see-saw game,with only one active "partner":not just swinging (translating to and fro on the arm/spoke),but rotating 360* in the same time.
I agree with you: "just replace the guy,with a weight that moves itself....".
How moves this weight?!
It can move in so many ways...
Let's recall and use an ancient design.
Something simple ,as a "door hinge" 180* rotation ,that so old Middle Ages proposal can help us to think about the variable arm:half-turn,beginning with the bottom position, is hanging as a small arm,in the top position moves (if "helped" by inertia) as a great arm for the next half-rotation.
The basic idea is to get an endless rotating body,due to an unbalance of couples:a torque difference on the same side of the fulcrum.
A greater size means a greater fall (...and inertial storage...),so we can easier "pump the starting unbalance" ("tumbling" hinge )for the next full/360* rotation...or beginning with a certain threshold of size,we can hope to achieve the self rotation ,due to a simple game between gravity and inertia.
All the best! / Alex
in this example, a linkage to an external point keeps the weight perfectly balanced at the top of the secondary wheel, there should be almost no energy expended to do this except friction loss in the pin. not shown is a counterweight on the primary wheel, possibly equal to the weight attached to the secondary wheel.
Well, there will be shown variable of the counter weighted pendulum. Both of primary and secondary wheel should be equal to each other. Thus, it may performed accurately.