Try just moving the plates and not the attractors. It's too easy when you put the attractors close together.
Sorry, I warned you that you should not try this if you are busy. ;-) Terry On 10/1/07, Horace Heffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > > > > The system doesn't conserve energy. The collisions with the plates > > are obviously inelastic but the balls don't stop if they're in the > > presence of the "attractors"; they're apparently getting a "kick" > > from something in the course of orbiting. > > I think it's from gaining energy from multiple ball-ball collisions > that one ball can gain enough momentum to escape. > > Here's a slight variation of yours that works pretty well: > > > > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > > >
