AB Hammer's gravity and keel grid

[AB Hammer]

Greetings All

To show how the grids work I overlaid the my grids on MT24 in both directions to calculate the positive points and the negative points and here are the pictures of the results. for a clockwise turn it has a total of a negative 17.30 points that it won't run. But it would make a better reaction counterclockwise with only a negative 10.20 points. But still proves to be a non runner.  (Forgive me for forgetting to put the r on lower.  )

Also thanks to Bill of http://www.orffyre.com/ for all his great MT drawings, they are clean easy to check.

The lower picture is sideways for counting upper and lower counts.

[AB Hammer]

Greetings All

I am bumping the grid for those who need to copy. This will help them figure out to build or not. It only helps to show placement only it does not account for reactions.

[AB Hammer]

Here is another design of mine, that tends to show over balance but it will not spin due to the Keel factor. Just another experience of what we have to overcome in this game. This one was using pendulum shifters for the hammers.

[hansvonlieven]

Here is another design of mine, that tends to show over balance but it will not spin due to the Keel factor. Just another experience of what we have to overcome in this game. This one was using pendulum shifters for the hammers.

Working or not Alan, you do build some beautiful stuff. Keep going mate, good luck.

Hans von Lieven

[hansvonlieven]

Here is something of interest in relation to secondary oscillations.

Note that the flywheel and slider powered by a pendulum of 20 kg have a combined mass of 150 kg. One would think that there would be very little movement, if any, but the simulation shows otherwise.

Also take note of the chaotic behaviour of the device.

Have fun

Hans von Lieven