New accelerating gravity wheel ! Converted video from www.newenergymachine.com !

[LarryC]

Well here's a concept drawing that I did based on using the trebuchet form. Might be something in here we could use. It appears that it could have the same bone-crushing torque  as Bob's....

Very interesting design and quick thinking on your part. I'm on the fence as to whether it will work or not 
I'll knex if you want, but the only problem I see is between step 3 and 4, where the end roller would slide thru the weight, but easy to correct.

Regards, Larry

[noonespecial]

Very interesting design and quick thinking on your part. I'm on the fence as to whether it will work or not 
I'll knex if you want, but the only problem I see is between step 3 and 4, where the end roller would slide thru the weight, but easy to correct.

Regards, Larry

Sure! Knex please. Maybe that will tell us whether or not it could work. Of course you'll probably have to tweak the weights and arm lengths but if you have time, that would be great!
Thanks,
Charlie

[LarryC]

Sure! Knex please. Maybe that will tell us whether or not it could work. Of course you'll probably have to tweak the weights and arm lengths but if you have time, that would be great!
Thanks,
Charlie

Sorry Charlie, the Knex is good for modeling mechanical movements, but pops apart with anything but very light loads. So no weight testing, but can run thru the movements of your design.

Regards, Larry

[LarryC]

Sure! Knex please. Maybe that will tell us whether or not it could work. Of course you'll probably have to tweak the weights and arm lengths but if you have time, that would be great!

Knexed. In your drawing we'll call them step 1, 2, 3 and 4.

In 2 the weight catcher is all the way down and the ball is not at the top. It will continue to try to push the weight catcher down until the ball is directly over the pivot.

Inbetween 3 and 4 the Roller End slides thru the weight notch out the other side.

Inbetween 4 and 1 the levers jam. If the ball end of the arm is on top, to be able to pass over the weight catcher then the weight catcher arm will run into the pivot. Also, would jam if reversed.


@Jason,

How are you coming with your cad study? Any recommendations?

Regards, Larry 

[noonespecial]

Hi Larry,
Thanks for the review. As I was thinking about this, this morning I realized the problem with the arms but I have designed a way so that none of the arms interfere with each other. Also, I thought up a different scheme for the larger weight which make everything easier.
I've decided to shelve my last design in favor of this one because I think it has the most promise and have started to build a model.
I'll keep you guys posted of my progress.
Regards,
Charlie