water gravity wheel

[mr_bojangles]

you would still have to use energy to get the tube upright, unless you used a counter weight, but then you would have to still move the difference in weight between the counter weight and the tube without water in it

you would only get 90 degrees of rotation with the force being the difference in weight of the lever

so you either expend the same energy moving the lever 90 degrees, or the same again if you have a counterweight

either way it works out to the same amount of energy,

if you make the counter balance just enough to make it upright, there will be no force in the lever, because it will be balanced

so it could possibly run, but your bigger issue is connecting the sponge to the main water source

if its submerged like you show it will be saturated with water to its capacity, meaning it can't absorb any more

ok, so your going to put a tube in the water that is a little taller than the water level, keeping the sponge dry

then your water level will go down, and you will not have capillary action

so as i said before you will need a way to get the water out of the sponge and into the water, without them touching

and it has to be a sponge because in order to get water out of the paper towel something more porous must be used in order for the water to move


so you might have a self runner if you can figure out the sponge issue

and dont forget if theres water at the bottom of the sponges container it means it can't hold anymore water

[onthecuttingedge2005]

Hi MB.

I think you have gone far beyond the call of duty here, thanks for your input, I have a nice copper pipe just sitting in my drawer calling out to me, lol.

I may do the demostration and work out the bugs if any. but right now I am going to break the laws of physics on some taquitos and some chimichangas.

Jerry

[mr_bojangles]

i remembered it from your thread, i just decided to give it another look

its constructive criticism, i was being specific to your idea, just tryin to help


il catch your demo pics on your thread when you post them, i am definitely interested to hear how it goes, good luck