He reckons that this is the secret to the Bessler wheel, and if this is up
to his usual standard then it only remains for a working model to be built
to prove beyond all doubt that this works.
Anyway, this might save some list members from buying the book, but please,
not on my account :)
>John Collins;
>
> I think I've solved the Bessler riddle, and it is certainly in line
>with my research on inertial propulsion. I took the pieces of the puzzle I
>had, and added in my own knowlege of linear to angular inertia
>translations.
>
> It's basically rolling cylinders in slots (Toward and away from the
>axis), and the ends of the slots capture the angular inertia gained from a
>linear interaction with gravity. Hollow cylinders will be best (maximum
>angular momentum for the mass).
>
> It LOOKS like an "overbalancing wheel", but is not, but operates on the
>rotational energy gained from the slope rolling of the cylinders (or
>smaller diameter pins as Bessler used, to increase angular momentum between
>stops).
>
> The stops MUST NOT allow the cylinders to spin when they hit either end
>(say a rubber coated, slightly wedged capture "cup"), and the rotational
>energy is additive to the direction of rotation at either stop. This device
>"should" work best with the weights close to the axis, since the angular
>energy transfer is best the closer to the main axis you get.
>
> The best design would be heavy large diameter pipe with conical ends
>(self correcting in the slots) with gear teeth and rack if small enough, or
>at least a high tack rubber against roughened smaller diameter pipe as your
>pins, enough width in the pin slots to clear so it can roll, but not so
>much space that it can oscillate at the stops, (wasting energy).
>
> It's self limiting as a result of centrifugal force, which will throw
>the weights out (and keep them there) if it were to over-run it's design
>speed. I think the pendulums were just a ruse.
>
> It's so damn simple people will cry when they realize we've gone all
>these centuries without the energy gains we could have had, if only the
>simple were looked into, rather than the complex.
>
> I'm currently drafting up a Bessler's wheel page for my site, including
>an animation I just completed showing the working parts (I've sent it
>along, just in case my computer suddenly malfunctions once this gets out).
>I've added text to the GIF animation so that if the page posting is not
>successful, at least the particulars are contained in the picture's text
>function, and it can be emailed ad infinitum.
>
> The GIF animator I used to assemble my renderings is available for a 30
>day trial from Right to Left Software at: http://www.rtlsoft.com/animagic
>(pretty good for the price!), and you can see the text by opening it with
>the animation editor.
>
> I would like to hit the net with as many copies around the world as I
>can manage at once, since the "bad guys" may NOT want to see this get out,
>and would appreciate your posting my explanation page and graphics on your
>server as well, when I get it finished. I need to render a few more
>graphics, and flesh out the text before posting (new improved design, only
>a few centuries late!)
>
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DrJ
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