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

[LarryC]

Maybe you can help improve the design, but my main concern is what piece will break first

Drum roll please! It was the 100 lb rated desk slide that broke first. See the warped slide pic. I really though the 6" lazy susan hardware which is the central rotation mechanism would go first.


All test were done with bungees latched using about 21 lbs of force and started by lightly pushing the rotor arm counterclockwise at 12.00. The machine has safety stops to stop the centrifugal forces from destroying itself.

First series of test with 5 lbs at each end. With tweaking one of the test finally made it around but did not re-latch as needed to continue.

Went to 8 lbs at each end and warped one of the desk slides. Apparently the Centripetal force was greater then 100 lbs. The stored centrifugal force and the centripetal force is required to push the weights to halfway + 1". So I will have to rethink this design as the desk slides cannot handle the centripetal force.

Another comment, this is a noisy machine.

Sorry about my junk storage behind the Machine pic but that was the only piling where I could safely hang this think on.

@Charlie,
The center levers are 35.5 " with 10.5 before the pivot and 25 after. The piece from the box to the center lever is 20". The total movement of the boxes are 23.5".

   
Regards, Larry

[helmut]

Hello Larry
Good Job
which you much to succseed
Hello Bob nice to have you here . This thread seems to be revitalised.

thanks for sharing.

helmut

[noonespecial]

Hello Larry
Good Job
which you much to succseed
Hello Bob nice to have you here . This thread seems to be revitalised.

thanks for sharing.

helmut

Bob? I wish Bob were here.....

@Larry
I've started to draw up your design but will need to change the latch mechanism. Unfortunately there's no 'Z' dimension in these simulation programs so doing a right angle latch mechanism won't work. I'll attempt the original gate latch and see if I can make that work. Stay tuned.....
Charlie

[broli]

If it's fixed could you please make a video if you can?

[LarryC]

If it's fixed could you please make a video if you can?

Sorry, the machine is apart at this time I and could not fix the broken slide, lost some ball bearings. But, If Charlie gets his Phun version working you should be able to step it thru its action.


Did pick up some new parts, patio door rollers and 1/2" angle. The new version will look more like Bob Kostoff's (without the shocks) and will be much stronger than my previous version. Still believe something else will break, but will just keep modifying.

Regards, Larry