Posted by Ron Flory (66.58.197.239) on February 04, 2003 at 18:03:16:
In Reply to: Re: Bessler rant posted by Rainer on February 04, 2003 at 14:43:37:
Rainer,
I can't disagree with you that it would not work, but one other thing to consider with John's design is that when the weight is released near the 9 oclock or horizontal position, the spring would create some recoil that would push the wheel past the point of release. Some of the action in the gif is hard to see with it in action so I'm posting the link to a pic that shows each frame that represent 5 degrees of rotation in each.
http://home.gci.net/~rflory/pm_type_11map.jpg
As you can see I'm calling Johns design "pm type 11". I have 10 different designs of my own that are very different from each other and I find Johns design is unique in the fact that it uses springs and latches.