Latest Bhaskara wheel!

[sm0ky2]

Ok so, I have mixed water with magnesium sulfate
Just under the point of supersaturation
I managed to increase the density of my house water
By a measured 11.1%


Now to place an exact amount in each bottle




More to come

[sm0ky2]

Update:


This is by far one of the most difficult wheels to get
perfectly balanced.
Once done, it does produce some very long run times
With only a slight push from the hand.
The oscillating water gives it a dynamic action, but at then
end of my experiments, I have found that this is simply
a convoluted flywheel.
Run times are very close to that of an empty wheel with
No bottles, when given a fairly consistent push by hand.
Making a video of 4-7 minutes showing this thing spinning
Is an easy task even without a 'hidden fan'.
But the wheel does come to a stop.
There is a balance point between every bottle.


That's not to say that this can't work, but that my build
Does not work.


I may give this another go, with longer tubes instead of bottles.
But for now I am going to reassemble my bicycle
And shelf this project.

[ramset]

Smoky
Your Drawing with the long tubes has the best chance with a heavy Fluid [Hg]IMO.
bringing the center of gravity the furthest out on the way down , and in close to the axle on the way up [like Abeling's claim]
and perhaps Hg's high surface tension will assist in movement/weight shift  faster than a rolling metal sphere [ball bearing

I suspect a combination of Gwuandau's float across the bottom and Abeling's wheel would have the best chance.

Thanks for examining this claim.

Chet

[sm0ky2]

Smoky
Your Drawing with the long tubes has the best chance with a heavy Fluid [Hg]IMO.
bringing the center of gravity the furthest out on the way down , and in close to the axle on the way up [like Abeling's claim]
and perhaps Hg's high surface tension will assist in movement/weight shift  faster than a rolling metal sphere [ball bearing

I suspect a combination of Gwuandau's float across the bottom and Abeling's wheel would have the best chance.

Thanks for examining this claim.

Chet

Yes my initial mathematical analysis indicated that angles less than 90 degrees (tangent)
To a radii, produced the greatest torque and gravitational momentum.
The natural shape of the bicycle wheel and peripheral water bottles,
Provides an angle greater than 90 degrees.
Basically I think the bottles (or tubes) should be angled inwards from the periphery of the wheel.
Not outwards, because the center of gravity is always below the axis with the outward angles.
The videos linked earlier in the thread, while may not be intentional hoaxes,
Show no more than if you spun an unbottled bicycle wheel and watched it spin.
The up torque and the down torque balance each other out.

[ramset]

playing with shapes and time to target [with gravity]
mythbuster guy and another very Shmart fellow

     The Brachistochrone [below vid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skvnj67YGmw   18 minute mark for the "meat"
a well known fact but these guys make it fun to watch [for a few minutes anyway]

and it may find its way into some wheel experiments.