Posted by grim (206.162.195.154) on August 23, 2003 at 13:35:04:
In Reply to: Interesting idea II posted by Vector Viper on August 22, 2003 at 23:22:26:
: It's contact point. All contact point; the spot of which the
: weights pull is felt 'through' the frame of the device,
: to the ground...like an electric circuit...YEAH!
: Since realizing this I have envisioned a design where this
: spot can JUMP from one area to another instantly (no delay)
: ...a clue,actually having the weight fall is not as important
: as what it does on the way down.... :*)
: I have also imagined a simple device that may generate the
: inertial forces of a weight moving back and forth, without
: acually doing that(the weights don't slow down-weird,I know)
: ...2 of these in a wheel may have interesting
: properties indeed...build on...
: Sorry for the wind...
: Viper
Don't be sorry. And don't stop thinking along those lines.
Regards
grim