Helmut's Wheel

[BAHammer]

  @Helmut,
If Mt 24 sans lever is built, it will work.
There is a neat trick when the swinging weights are connected. Take a close look at Mt 24. When the weights are hanging from an arm, they are not at an angle of 90 degrees. I wondered why. It's odd.
The reason is, the weight does not exceed the radius of the wheel. This does something.
When another weight swings out, it can move the one that needs to be restored to it's starting position at 1/2. What this does is allow a weight to swing out to maintain an over balance while moving a weight towards it's starting position. That is, half way to it's starting position. Because the angle will become less than 45 degrees, the axis of it's rotation will move underneath the weight. This is why springs are necessary. They will absorb the impact of the weights falling into the arm and help maintain it's momentum.
Yep, Bessler knew how to use gearing on a weight that would swing out to control how it affected the motion of another weight.
With this design, weights gain force by swinging, they work in pairs, springs are used but the wheel can work without them, with 8 swinging weights- 8 knocking sounds would be heard (no springs used ? ).
As for the over balance, if the weight swings out ona rod that is 20cm's long at 1m from center, about 96% of weight's mass is calculated as force, opposing resistence ? 80%. That's not bad.