Recent content by MarcusThatsMe

Thanks everyone for your help, I've definitely learned a lot and have a much better understanding, I used to hate this sort of stuff as a kid in school, but I find it fascinating these days the mathematical perfection of it all.

Fair enough, I'll endeavor to utilize SI from now on. So redoing things in SI... 102 tonnes = 102,000 kg gravity 9.81 m/s2 height 50 m PE = 102,000 * 9.81 * 50 = 50,031,000 or 50 MJ I think that's right. But MJ is a measure of energy, not power, it's basically energy stored. So I'd assume...

I have to admit, reading that hurt my brain, but I like a challenge. Both those formulas look the same. So you're saying the 16 kWh available in the gravity-battery is stored as energy (energy in joules), while the 16 kWh available with the turbine is power (power in watts). I think that makes...

That's an interesting thought experiment. So with a granite weight we're looking at 16 kWh with 102 tons of granite dropped from 50 meters. With 102 tons of water (76301 gallons), that would be releasing roughly 1271 gpm to stretch the hour, or 0.08 m3/s, which is sad. But... P = 0.9 (turbine...

That's what I was looking for, thank you!

Interesting, not something I've heard of, so that was a learning experience, I appreciate that. But for this example, lets say that the output from the motor is optimized to allow the motor to function at its ideal RPM constantly. Whether through capacitors or flywheels to stabilize...

I'm not a mechanical engineer, I'm just a curious mind that needs some help understanding the logic here. I understand that a weight, say 120t granite cube elevated 50 meters has the stored energy of 16 kWh. Thus a gravity battery (Ep = m * h * g). I'd imagine this has something to do with the...

Roger that! :smile:

Brilliant, I wouldn't have thought of that. Whats "cool" is I typed in the description of what I'm trying to do into CoPilot (AI), basically the same description here except instead of a human a 1 ton stone and it basically told me yes it's possible and this is what you do, which is crazy. It...

I had to go back and edit my messages real quick when I noticed something out of place ;) No more than about 90% of the starting GPE, sounds good. In order to get more accurate bearing friction numbers, I assume I'll have to graduate passed abstract boxes and actually build out the mechanism...

I'm starting to realize that, I'm glad I posted here, else I'd be making it SO much harder then it sounds like it needs to be. :smile:

I like the Ghostbuster reference :smile: And excuse my mix up of words sometimes, I have dysgraphia, it can be a pain when trying to explain things. It does make sense, it's a lot "easier" then I thought it would be. My only question is in regards to friction. In a perfect system there...

Forgive my non-technical nature, I'm diving into this because I'm excited lol PE = mgh (mass * gravity * height) [for my reference to make sure I'm doing it right] So for this could I just keep it simple, say the "body" (Wheels etc.), the "lift", and then the "basket" (if the object doesn't go...

I don't, but I'll look into doing that next. Thanks! I'm hoping it can still operate the same way, despite the slow down. :) I appreciate your input, I'll keep that in mind as I continue my search.

It's not a perpetual motion machine, those are impossible. It's hard to explain, but trust me more energy is going into this thing then coming out of it. Picture this. You have a cherry picker without an engine, as the wheels turn on its way down the ramp it lifts the cherry picker basket with...