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Originally Posted by freebeard
There exists an Oregon Times magazine article, but I can't find my copy or a reference online. It was about the demise of electric trains in the Willamette Valley. Their assertion was it was a conspiracy between GM, a rubber company and the company that became Greyhound bus.
It was rubber vs steel wheels.
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That pendulum setup seemed awkward for a small car. How big are the pendulums for a train? I compare to the internal planetary two-speed transmission: ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/hub-motors-41562 |
The pendulum setup is just a simple way of explaining the (brilliant) principle.
If you look at the 1st link you will see very compact cylindrical setups attached to propellers and such.
George Constantinesco: Inertial Transmission (US Patent 1591471 etc)
There's still a lot of 'shaking a weight' going on which probably led to metal fatigue and bearing issues.
Nowadays we have carbon etc fiber and... cough-cough... way better lubricants.
There is also a bit of more recent interest:
https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/upl...1565055216.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...tural_Tractors
Then there's this to consider:
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