Re: Thanks for Patent help.

Doug Miller <spambait@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>...The reciprocating cylinder design is inherently less efficient --
>>>*considerably* less so, in fact -- than a conventional piston engine
>>>for one simple reason: the mass of the reciprocating parts is far higher,
>>>and therefore correspondingly greater energy is wasted in reversing their
>>>direction 'x' times per second. It simply *can't* be more efficient
>>>than a conventional design.
>>
>>Sure it can, with good bearings and balancing.
>
>Not without violating the laws of thermodynamics, it can't. It simply takes
>more energy to reverse the direction of a moving two-kilogram mass than to
>reverse the direction of a one-kilogram mass moving at the same velocity.

It takes no energy, with proper counterbalancing.

You seem to enjoy vaguely referring to these "laws of thermodynamics" :-)

How much energy is required to reverse a seesaw direction with a perfect
bearing and perfect springs under each end? Does it depend on the weight
of the people?

Nick

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