Perpetual Motion Machines

[deftron]

I realized my Magnet Wheel wouldn't work because of friction...


How about this:


A ballon filled with something lighter than air (helium, etc)

Inside the ballon is a little weight (not heavy enough to weigh the balloon down)
attached to an altimeter

The balloon will rise a little, then the altimeter releases the weight.
The weight drops at the acceleration of gravity, lowerintg the balloon when it hits the
bottom with increased energy.
When the weight settles, the lift of the helium engages again
and the process repeats

...

profit(?)

 

[olds]

WTF?

 

[flexy]

i assume the weight w/ the altimeter is attached inside the balloon somehow. The balloon rises.
As son as the weight drops inside the balloon (gets detached from the balloon) the balloon RISES even more since the weight of the weight is missing for a short period of time. (While the weight falls). Then the weight will hit the bottom and only compensate for the increased speed it gave to the balloon (earlier by getting detached) and the ballon might continue rising as it did before the weight fell.

ALso...where do you take the energy from to re-attach the weight again once it hit the bootom ?

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: deftron
I realized my Magnet Wheel wouldn't work because of friction...


How about this:


A ballon filled with something lighter than air (helium, etc)

Inside the ballon is a little weight (not heavy enough to weigh the balloon down)
attached to an altimeter

The balloon will rise a little, then the altimeter releases the weight.
The weight drops at the acceleration of gravity, lowerintg the balloon when it hits the
bottom with increased energy.
When the weight settles, the lift of the helium engages again
and the process repeats

...

profit(?)

If the weight is not heavy enough to weigh the balloon down, how does it lower the balloon again?

 

[StrangerGuy]

A single motor driving hundreds of generators, with only a few generators powering the motor. Creates energy out from nowhere.

 

[paulney]

How about a nef to electricity converter powered by ATOT? We could make millions! billions!

Seriously, guys, I assume, you haven't heard about laws of thermodynamics...

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: flexy
i assume the weight w/ the altimeter is attached inside the balloon somehow. The balloon rises.
As son as the weight drops inside the balloon (gets detached from the balloon) the balloon RISES even more since the weight of the weight is missing for a short period of time. (While the weight falls). Then the weight will hit the bottom and only compensate for the increased speed it gave to the balloon (earlier by getting detached) and the ballon might continue rising as it did before the weight fell.

ALso...where do you take the energy from to re-attach the weight again once it hit the bootom ?

Yeah, WTF are you talking about OP?

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: flexy
i assume the weight w/ the altimeter is attached inside the balloon somehow. The balloon rises.
As son as the weight drops inside the balloon (gets detached from the balloon) the balloon RISES even more since the weight of the weight is missing for a short period of time. (While the weight falls). Then the weight will hit the bottom and only compensate for the increased speed it gave to the balloon (earlier by getting detached) and the ballon might continue rising as it did before the weight fell.

ALso...where do you take the energy from to re-attach the weight again once it hit the bootom ?

Yeah, WTF are you talking about OP?

doh .. scratch that idea.

 

[Wallydraigle]

How about the zombie treadmill, as referenced in this thread?

 

[Random Variable]

profit(?)

But a perpetual motion machine couldn't be used as power source.