Harness Energy gained from a falling weight

[Omnibus]

So, at six o'clock the weight has 1/2mv^2 kinetic energy and momentum equal to mv, right? Now, explain how "the energy gained from the drop is used without effecting the weights momentum".

[AB Hammer]

Greetings Alex

Yes a falling weight is great only if it can be reset. The reset is always the problem it seems. For some reason it gives me visions of even stranger wheel designs.

Talk to you later.
Alan

[Alexioco]

Yeah so the weight drops, gains speed (energy) then when it reaches the 6 o clock position all of that energy is used without effecting the weights momentum allowing it to fly back up to the top falling just short of a full revolution... Questions is how do you extract the energy from the drop with effecting the weights momentum? and what do you do with that extracted energy?

To extract the energy without loosing momentum is easier than you might think, i want people to have an attempt at some designs how might might do it, it isn't that hard to be honest so... Anyway the following is what you do with that energy once extracted:

You place a second weight right next to the first weight (the one that falls producing the energy) and that energy extracted at the 6 o clock position causes the second weight to fly up into the axle meaning that the first weight will make it right back up to the top of the wheel and over again, as for the second weight, it joins the first weight at the top of the wheel at 12 o clock with the help of the first weight and CF, its only a theory and i have a design but i'm still in early stages of thought and design thats why i havnt posted anything yet, im going to post a picture with an explanation but just for now please try some designs of how you think a single falling weight and pass its energy to another weight with it loosing momentum...

Alex

P.S What frustrates me is every time I/someone makes a valuable discovery and post it on here, it goes straight onto the list of those who don't share ideas and they make progress gained from their own experience plus others without sharing anything that could lead others to a possible runner. This is what kind of puts me off giving all the details away, i'm sure that if people on here posted their best ideas and combined them in simple ways you would get some interesting results...

[AB Hammer]

Greetings Alex

The idea has merit to a point. the biggest question is how to control it for use. I have been very busy but I will take a closer look when I get back from MS. The trip has been delayed for 2 extra days and I have to go.

Alan

[Alexioco]

Greetings Alex

The idea has merit to a point. the biggest question is how to control it for use. I have been very busy but I will take a closer look when I get back from MS. The trip has been delayed for 2 extra days and I have to go.

Alan

Hey Alan to control it for use is pretty simple if you're thinking long the same lines as i am, the question would it work?

If two weights drop together from the top of the wheel, they are both capable of taking themselves up into the axle at the same time but then the problem lies in the fact that they both cannot make it back to the starting position, only one of them can, so what i have designed is when the two weights fall together from the top one of the weights causes the other weight to fly up to the axle at 6 o clock (the energy to do it is gained from the fall with effecting the momentum) the outside weight continues on through its momentum towards the top of the wheel (12 o clock) then it lifts the second weight back up again then the cycle repeats, but here lies the problem, will there be enough energy to do it? Will the outside weight plus CF help to lift the second weight to meet the 1st weight? If not, then the second weight needs to be made just light enough to make the lift easier, plus the help of a spring could be added, there are quite a lot of things you can do, what do any of you members think?

Alex