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Title: another chaotic pendulum
Post by: mr_bojangles on June 04, 2010, 04:00:13 PM
i was really surprised at the movement this thing got,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRXWy5KMgs&feature=related


its a double pendulum with some funky square action

Title: Re: another chaotic pendulum
Post by: mr_bojangles on June 04, 2010, 04:01:59 PM
i think i counted the yellow square making 26 revolutions....
Title: Re: another chaotic pendulum
Post by: TechStuf on June 04, 2010, 05:40:45 PM
Gee, I wonder what happens to the holey foundational pillars of modern "science" when somebody decides to install a vector biased centrifugal clutch at the pivot which connects the two squares, such that when the outermost square hits the rpm sweet spot, it delivers it's kinetic payload to the relative periphery of the system...

TS