Posted by murilo (200.98.34.67) on October 22, 2003 at 18:45:44:
In Reply to: Re: Avalanche Drive posted by murilo on October 22, 2003 at 18:32:36:
You could note to the coloured point of the contracted chain touching to outer perimeter of the under wheel... This is the point where an excentric tortion is applied to the wheel's shaft and get the radial trigger for a step. This point has at each side, up and down, the two main different pressions, one against to the other. I have changed many emails with prof. Simanek, that at a point lost his patience and stoped to make efforts to understand. For critysizing a stuped draw and against a single diagram, if you are so clever, you don't need to expend so many explanations for to distroy. (if you have plans for to build a model, pls, let me know. There are still a few tips) regs.Murilo SP 22/oct
: : I can't see any posts about this device, but it mystifies me. One thing is that the inventor never finished it. That's a clue. Did he realise something? Also, there are small hooks, and if you look carefully at the diagram, one of the wheels on the lower hub is coloured black, and that is the point where the hooked rods fall off and allow the chain to expand.
: : I started out trying to understand this by saying to myself that it would seek the state of least potential energy, and thus end up with the compressed chain at the bottom, and the uncompressed chain at the top, like rocks falling through water to the bottom. But that can't happen, because the chain is automatically decompressed as it enters the rising column, which is guaranteed to only contain uncompressed links.
: : Someone put me out of my agony? :/