Chas Campbell free power motor

[hartiberlin]

@rMuD,
why do you show yellow balls at the right side being just only 2 or 3 times away from the axis ?
There they will never be !?
There will be 2 balls almost 4 times away from the axis at the right side !

[zero]

 I dont know...

The thing seems to really pick up some speed.  Maybe there is something not
considered.

For one thing, the balls dont just rest when they enter.  They roll down
getting acceleration, and then once in the tubes, they roll at a steep 45 degree
angle  (again more acceleration) slamming into the waiting position.

so, its not just a weight,  its more like a power Push.

[hartiberlin]

Okay, Hum,
now redraw your drawing, that you have rotated the wheel by
15 degrees, so you have only 5 balls in the left side and 2 balls
at about 4 x times the distance from the axis.
Then count the torques and add them up.
Do you come up with a different value than 3.9 to 3.6 advantage for running ?

[zero]

Maybe my point does not makes sense.  Lets try again...

If I set a 100lb ball weight on your back (backpack basket)..   

or

I set roll that same ball on a track of 3 ft  at 35 degrees into your sack...


What do you think will happen?


It becomes amplified.  Like a slide hammer.   The weight amplifies from the
acceleration and speed..  and when it slams into the resting place,  it may
break your back from the additional forces.

[rMuD]

@rMuD,
why do you show yellow balls at the right side being just only 2 or 3 times away from the axis ?
There they will never be !?
There will be 2 balls almost 4 times away from the axis at the right side !

I did a 15 degree off center...  I can modify version #2 to show balls there is no balls at 4x at 15 degree offset, at 0 degrees there will be 1 ball..   the angle so that you can get a return is limited to  3.87x the size of the return wheel, as per the drawing of humbugger..

the diameter of the inner wheel is static, the outer wheel varies.. the distance you can lift a ball is static, so as you grow you lose angular distance.. at 3.87x times larger you go below 0 and the mechanism starts to go backwards as there would be 0 force a percentage of the time

only way it will work is if a ball falls off the left side...   or you can apply some external force that will lighten the balls on the up swing, and can account for the wasted energy of the ramps and mechanical losses...