I have experienced both the "blow up" and the "meaningless oscillations" in previous models. I have just started a new test, I have added a small weight to one side to see if my model can overcome this flaw. I will let you know what happens, but it is running for now. I will be gone for a while...
I have even tried kick starting it to run the wrong way, it takes a while but it does stop and reverse to run continuously in the other direction. I still don't see what I am missing here.
I'm sure most of you are familiar with the CAD program called "Interactive Physics". http://www.interactivephysics.com/ . I started using this program a couple months ago. I have been, for fun, playing with some theories that I have thought up over the past 15 or so years. I started out by...