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    Why wouldn't this pepetual motion machine work?

    What's the trig to work out how much one on the slope contributes? Not as easy as it seems I don't think...
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    Why wouldn't this pepetual motion machine work?

    If you calculate the moments in this position, the right side wins even if you say the one on the slope doesn't help: http://gimeimages.com/uploads/537395Calc.jpg ------------------ Yeah, the slope isn't attached to the wheel.
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    Why wouldn't this pepetual motion machine work?

    Yeah but the point is the weights in the bottom right section have a much greater moment because they are further out than their opposing numbers. Also, I don't think the slope really supports the weights that much. I mean, if it was just one weight and it was on the slope bit, it would still...
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    Why wouldn't this pepetual motion machine work?

    The weights are attached to the main wheel by ratchets that only turn anticlockwise. The green thing is a slope that the red wheels roll down. It's a variation on another 'perpetual motion machine' that I saw a while ago, but I can't see what's wrong with it! It's driving me mad...
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