New Wheel Design

[Alexioco]

Hello all, I would like to present to you a new type of movement that I found by mistake, in which weights can raise themselves to the rim of the wheel then gravitate back to the axle, its all self controlled without the need for any assistance...

You will be glad to know that I have nearly finished building this wheel, I dont know if it will work or not but either way, I think you will be quite impressed and it should boost your imaginations... Let me tell you alittle about the nature of this "mechanism"...

There are two weights that work together (they are not connected to eachother) one takes an outer position while the other one rests on the axle, soon, they swap places and continue to swap places so long as the wheel keeps moving (due to the overbalance) which then causes the weights to raise themselves up in order to keep the wheel moving and so on...

Again, I'm not saying that its going to work, because I dont know till I have finished it...

Before I reveal this to you I want to finish it (no longer than a week) test it, then post footage of my results. If it is not finished by a week, then I will post on here how its works with footage of the experiment with a single weight...

It is an incredibly simple design, when I showed my dad, he saw the weight lifting itself to the rim and he laughed thinking that I was trying to fool him haha

anyway, for the time being I want to leave you a big clue to how it works to see what you come up with, the wheel takes TWO revolutions to complete a single movement...

Alex

[Dave45]

 

[overtaker]

I am very intrigued!  Do the weights raise to the rim at 12o'clock?   Then gravitate back to the axle?
Most designs want the weight from the rim at 12 o'clock to stay at the rim till 6 o'clock then back to the axle.  I'm so confused but also so excited to hear " the rest of the story ".

[AB Hammer]

Greetings Alex

I have been up to my ears in work trying to catch up on orders, so I have only been able to post on occasion. I sent you an e-mail with a design that is similar to your description. I hope to get back on my wheels next week. As per your question of the other design. It is possible but it would have to be extremely large to do it, but it is possible. I just don't have the resources to go any further on it, and it would not have much power due to being eat up in the device. Just think of the guy in France that built one the size of a large Farris wheel.

Good luck I am looking forward to your build

[Low-Q]

Looking forward to see someone who can show that gravity isn't conservative.