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A counterweight doesn't change the speed at which something falls, does it?
It may reduce the apparent weight of the main structure, but objects of
different weights fall equally fast.
--
Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.technic, Paul Davidson writes:
> > I've received some very good responses here. Jacob Andersen's worm gear
> > idea is what I would do if I were to use a motor, but since gravity • already
> > provides energy for the system, a good engineering solution would not use • an
> > additional motor. Plus, I'd rather use motor for other projects. • Maynes'
> > friction-through-many-gears idea is the first idea I had, but his fan • idea
> > is quite good. Fredrik's pulley-elastic band idea is also interesting.
> >
> > This pendulum idea is really what I was looking for, though! A true
> > mechanical speed-regulator, very nifty indeed. (I was trying to think of
> > similar real-life machines, why didn't I think of clocks?) I think I'll • try
> > it. Thanks!
> >
> > (I don't have much technic lego, so I wanted to figure out a good method
> > *before* I hit the auctions and brick-selling sites to get pieces.)
>
>
> Counter-weight through a pulley or gear system? A lessening • counter-weight
> (classic sand displacement)?
>
> Bruce
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