[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I posted this elsewhere; but, Vorts deserve a chance to poo-poo it. > Thanks to Beene and Grimer for the inspiration. > > Imagine a gyroscope with zero bearing friction and windage. It is > anchored at the base axle. The top axle is attached to a point on the > edge of a wheel. The wheel will rotate slowly due to the precession of > the gyroscope. If the wheel turns another axle which turns a > generator, you have just made a device which converts gravity to > electricity. > > N'est-ce pas? > > Terry
It would work for a while. However, even without a source of friction anywhere in the system including the generator, the energy of precession would diminish over time since this energy is consumed as work to turn the parts of the generator. Harry
