NATHAN COPPEDGE--Perpetual Motion Concepts
Motive Mass Machine: A Perpetual Motion Machine
Concept Using See-Saws and a “Difference Weight”
Applied to Alternating Sides by Various Methods--
EXPERIMENTATION PHOTOS
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7
Principled Asymmetry in motion. The difference weight
causes an extra push which is always enough to return the
red counterweight arms to a sideways position. With a
strong push the device turns 360 degrees 8 or 10 times.
Note that the difference weight is appended to the fixed
axle and not to the counterweight structure, thus reducing
necessary lift on the upward swing.
Principled Asymmetry as an Over-Unity Device
Note: as originally
implemented, the
wheel rotated around
the axle. However to
generate power a
spindle-type axle
would be used.
The device was built
with the K'Nex
construction toy--
ordinarily used for
building miniature
ferris wheels, race
cars, and yes possibly
machines.
A right side view of
Principled Asymmetry
in the same position.
"Principled Asymmetry" device--a truly unbalanced wheel. The dual
counterbalancing arms on the right are weighed in such a way that the
difference arm at left always ends up in a nearly horizontal position.
However it is NOT perpetual. It seems as though such a device is very
applicable to more intricate perpetual motion designs.