Re: [ATM] water drive

[DU <desiredusername@gmail.com>]

If you could somehow keep the surface constant, maybe.  But just siphoning
it off, no, I don't think so.  As the surface drops, you'd have to lift it
higher over the edge.

Maybe if you dropped the side down...

On 6/13/06, GARY FUCHS <gary@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> Assuming that's correct - that the pressure would gradually
> decrease with the water level - if you drained it from the
> surface wouldn't the pressure remain constant?
>
> Gary Fuchs
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:42:58 -0400
> >From: DU <desiredusername@gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [ATM] water drive
> >Cc: "ATM Superheros" <atm@atmlist.net>
> >
> >Wouldn't this be non-constant due to varying water pressure?
> >
> >On 6/13/06, Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Surely this is not original, but as per my recent posting to
> >> this list, has anyone built a drive that has some extension
> from
> >> the polar axis floating on water (like sitting on a rubber ball),
> >> kind of like the plunger in a toilet, and just let the water
> drain
> >> via a regulated valve. I am no engineer (but recently &
> successfully
> >> fixed my toilet). The motion seems very smooth, although
> the ball
> >> would presumably have to be pretty large to carry much of
> a load.
> >> Most scopes are actually pretty small, and there seems to
> be interest
> >> in lightweight designs (like our earlier carbon fibre threads).
> I am
> >> curious what problems this would have.
> >>
> >> Dominic-Luc Webb
> >>
> >> Dominic-Luc Webb
> >>
> >>
> >>
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