----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Heffner <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009 4:20 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ball Bearing motor COAM test
> > On Aug 16, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > >> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdBa8bZHl8 > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/r7e5gu > > > > > > I was wondering about changing the orientation too, although I would > > have suggested clamping the motor vertically > > > Uh ... I *did* remount the motor vertically for that test. Compare > > to the prior video where it is mounted horizontally: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWlVn-uqxig > > I had to do this because I needed to keep the battery in its proper > > orientation. oh I see. Why do you keep the battery covered with that plastic container? > > > (instead of hanging the > > apparatus) to see if gravity affects the motor. > > > > Harry > > I have no idea what you mean here. This is a test of angular > momentum > conservation, not gravity. If the motor does not conserve angular > momentum then the base to which it is attached will spin in the > axis > in which the motor spins - which it did not. I understand. I just meant reorienting the motor and running it in place. Harry
