Ratio Zero Transmission
 

You already know the first eight and a half minutes:

This Is The World's First Geared CVT and It Will Blow Your Mind - Ratio Zero Transmission -- ?t=513

Prototype to bicycle level, ICE TBD. Clutchless and smoothened.

Very clever.
But perhaps not the cleverest I have seen:

"...The performance of the car was exactly as George had predicted, 100 miles per gallon of petrol at 38 miles per hour...."
In the aerodynamic equivalent of a wheeled outhouse with the door open, on carburetors!
George Constantinesco: Inertial Transmission (US Patent 1591471 etc)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...inesco_Car.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consta...co_(automobile)

I do hope this gearbox goes somewhere, but am acutely aware of 'aversion to change' atm. :)

General Motors? 1926? Why does that ring a bell?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy#Early_years

And now we once again have overhead lines for trucks.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cn1Iakq7v9c
I cant help wondering who it was that wanted everyone burning lots of gas..? :)

The Constantinesco Torque Converter ended up pulling trains in Romania btw.
It's well worth 'getting it'.
Who can claim 100 mpg of gas at 38 mph (61kph) from a 5.58 hp engine running carbs and probably magnetos..?
Especially with 1924 aerodynamics.
Sounds 'pretty efficient' to me! :)
https://simanaitissays.com/wp-conten.../car.jpg?w=547

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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-JK...WDTJR&index=46
?!... :)

Oh hello!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD2fJskamuU