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Oh, you mean "side rods"!

Here is the definition I found on the web: The "bars" that connect locomotive train wheels are typically called coupling rods or side rods.

2017??? My dog is older than you!

Because you said "this hurts my head". That's a good reason to wear a helmet!

I don't see any "glitch" at all. Please explain what you mean.

LAK_loves_ALGODOO -- You said "It's the laser" but you did not explain WHAT the glitch is! I see a white box surrounding the laser in the thumbnail image, but it does not show up in the downloaded scene. Is that the glitch?

Are you saying that laser light wiggle is the glitch? IF so, that's not a glitch at all. It's simply the laser light refracting through the water droplets. It happens in real life exactly as it does in Algodoo. So, not a glitch, and nothing to worry about.

Thanks!

LAK -- Why can't you explain what the glitch is HERE? When I download the scene to my computer, it does not have that white box around the laser and the scene works normally without any glitches. I cannot help you if you cannot describe exactly what it is that you believe is a glitch!

There's no gravity because you did not turn the gravity ON. Gravity control is at the bottom of the scene. It has a red apple in the button (I think that represents Newton's apple). Click that button to turn gravity on and off. The other button next to gravity is air friction on and off.


BTW -- In case you didn't know, the word "IT" has only one T (not eight T's).

Maybe Santa will give you one.

"Another bottle recently" is not a complete sentence. It needs a verb, punctuation, correct the improper capitalization, make sure that the syntax is correct, and maybe a few other things.

So, what is your scene about? It looks like nothing more than a bottle of water. Nice job on the bottle of water!

whatvaheck -- Suggestion: Rather than writing another comment in order to apologize for making a typo, why not simply EDIT the typo? Here's how... Just click on the little yellow pencil & blue paper in the upper-right corner of your comment that has a typo. When the Edit panel opens with your comment, correct what needs to be corrected then save it to Algobox. DONE! You will never need to apologize again for making a typo! Just remember one important thing.... You cannot edit your comment if you use the Algodoo built-in browser. You have to use a standard browser like Chrome, FireFox, or any other common browser. And you must be signed in to Algobox with your username and password.

Well, I cannot troubleshoot something that does not exist. That laser in your thumbnail image certainly does have a white rectangular box around it but when I download the scene from Algobox, that strange white image is gone!

Try this... Delete the scene from Algobox, then upload it again from your device. Maybe that white box won't show up again. It just may have been a transient fluke that occurred because the stars were in a particular pattern, causing the Universe to momentarily glitch. Hopefully, it will never happen again and we won't need to worry about it.

A comment I don't care making.

That's because you are subscribed to my account OR subscribed to this particular scene. Not strange at all!

Okay.... so?

Than USE IT!

Here is a video by Veritasium that describes this mechanism very well...

This mechanism shrinks when pulled

Here is a video by Veritasium that describes this mechanism very well...

This mechanism shrinks when pulled

You're very welcome.


My observation: While experimenting with this mechanism I discovered that it has four distinct snap points. Two occur when pulling the mechanism down and two while reducing the force allowing the mechanism to move up. The snap points are as follows:

When pulling DOWN, the first snap occurs at a force of 56 (+or- 1.0). The second snap occurs at a force of 121 (+or- 1.0).
When reducing the force UP, the first unsnap occurs at a force of 97 (+or- 1.0). The second unsnap occurs at a force of 21 (+or- 1.0).
The hysteresis of the upper snap points is 35, and the hysteresis of the lower snap points is 24. Hysteresis is the difference between the snap force while pulling down and the unsnap force while releasing the tension.

Two hidden lasers make it work. So, not quite "free" energy!

As I said in my prior comments, that was simply my observation of the scene, on my particular device (an older PC running Windows-10). I wasn't trying to prove anything, nor was I considering editing the scene to make it operate like the device in the video. You are orders of magnitude more talented than I am concerning mechanical devices and assemblies. There is no possible way in Algoland that I can make any mechanical scene operate better or more correctly or more accurately than you can. I always consider your scenes as learning experiences for me and I appreciate having you here on Algobox. Thanks!

@LAK -- WHAT looks like an I or H? The puzzle should result in a perfect rectangle, not an alphabet letter!

The previous Admin had to leave for college. Prior to that, we have communicated a number of times over a couple of years and he got to know me. He liked my scenes, he saw that I love science, especially physics, and he saw (from my scenes and my comments) that I am a mature adult. So, he asked me if I would be interested in being Admin here on Algobox. The rest is history!

Understood. I think it would be very difficult to simulate the actual mechanism in the video without knowing some important details such as the densities, frictions, and elastic properties of each component. Given plenty of time for "trial and error" engineering maybe someone can come very close to the actual behavior.

Excuses?






Okay, yeah.

WOW, this work is impressive! Are all those functions intrinsic to Algodoo, or are they ones that either you created or got from some other source (AI maybe?).

Awesome! Thanks.