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Gerald Mosheim |
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counter weight movement |
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Shouldn't the counter weight continue moving down as long as the Gamma is run at the same speed once it has begun moving - overcoming friction? |
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13 August 2013
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Ted Pittman - 13/08/2013 19:19:01
| | | The lifting force was not constant as you can see in the video. I was varying the electric motors speeds, trying to get the most powerful resonance settings.
Ideally the pulleys would have almost no friction and the engine would be hanging freely (like the counter-wt), but that's not the case. The pulleys are from the local hardware store... and the engine has 8 lugs that slide along guiderails.
Additionally, the counter-weight system tends to stay still when there are no vertical pulses. I am happy with that because in an earlier test the counter-wt was a few ounces heavier and the engine rose due to horizontal vibrations alone.
You can think of the present Gamma device as one cylinder of an engine - very similar to a car. In practical use there would be, at least, two or more cylinders to counterbalance the horizontal forces.
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