Posted by David (199.60.107.1) on June 13, 2003 at 11:09:49:
Has anyone thought that maybe the pairing of the weights could have taken place on the same side of the wheel? The bang could have been one hitting against the other. Possibly even with a spring in between to cushion the blow as well as store some potential.
Also as per recent posts about being able to increase power by making the wheel thicker-doesn't this really mean just staking, as in putting more than one wheel against the other in parellel? Unless you take into account Besslers statement that power can be increased to whatever he wanted by adding any number of cross beams. If this is the case doesn't it suggest the weights slid...? Some have suggested this would compromise the rotation of the wheel because of centrifugal force, but the wheel DID have a limit to the rotational speed, and 26 heck even 54 rpm isn't really that fast. One thing to note is how much heavier the wheel got with each size increase, some times up to 700 pounds? Is that right? Maybe it wouldn't work with the same sized weights at a size increase because of CF. Also cross beams do not just mean across the axel, but it could be a spider web type configuration, or spiral.
David