Bessler Wheel design

[Jim_Mich]

I tested it using WM2D and the weights end up settling to the bottom, which is what I expected.

Jim_Mich

[hartiberlin]

Hi Jim,
did you use springs for the green lines ?

Please try again using springs for the green coupling lines.

Many thanks.

Regards, Stefan.

[Jim_Mich]

The green lines were rods.

I changed them to springs and got similar results, except the weights bounce around. I even tried giving the wheel a push start which I show below.

I've modeled hundreds of wheels using WM2D. If you use springs then you need to use some type of control or latch, otherwise the weight just oscilate chaotically. Unfortunatly latches are very hard to program into WM2D.

Jim_Mich

[hartiberlin]

Hi Jim,
you forgot in both designs, that these weights are in a triangle case
and at 9 o?clock they can only stay horizontal on the triangle
case wall !
Can you program something like this into WM2D ?

Regards, Stefan.

[Jim_Mich]

Similar results with a triangle case.

Jim_Mich