Not Perpetual Motion.... Maybe free energy

[TimTrang]

Interesting forum topic shaping up here, maybe a new type of pendulum worth "pulsing". A bit of a bore until it gets to the concept near the bottom of page three....

Gravity Driven Mechanisms - Hypography Science Forums

[Aaron]

video

Would like to see the video when he puts it up.

[TimTrang]

Aemilius wrote "I can only record sixty seconds or so of video at a time, and it takes (dial up) an hour and a half to upload. I'll be making a few more as time permits (over the next few days) to illustrate other characteristics mentioned earlier in the thread, such as the four possible positions of equilibrium, but for now I'll just start with this one showing the mechanism in motion....

001 - YouTube

I've been trying to think of a way to convey to the viewer an idea of the sensation, what it actually feels like, when moving the control lever back and forth.... If you take a pen or pencil and stand it on end, then hold it at the top and move it back and forth about an inch or so you'll be feeling exactly the same thing I'm feeling when moving it back and forth during testing.... almost nothing at all.