CIVT: Cam Based Infinitely Variable Transmission

[springhill1958]

Is is good for a bicycle and what is the reduction ratio, the spread ratio?

[Twizt3dArc]

the voice scared the shit out of me

[rodstartube]

you dont show output dumbass

[clocktwibright]

Summary: it's novel, patented and has unique ability

[tsbrownie]

A. Weighs more than my bicycle

B. I'd have to clean it 6 times a week and it looks like that would be no fun.

C. Don't see the benefits

[stupidYOOTUBE]

i didnt see anyhting what i expected

[oxysean]

i dont get it.

[Skoda130]

I can see how it turns. Not how it works.

[ArtStone]

Isn't the objective a variable output from a constant input? (Optimum pedal rotation rate and force - slowing down or speeding up based on potential energy gain/loss from going up or downhill?)

Do physicists ride bicycles as a child?

[mmiguy2306]

jesus one little part breaks and your stranded lol are you seriously that lazy u can click a button to shift lol

[marcheseDS]

You should at least give a link to somewhere else where you keep the explanation, working principle, facts (efficiency, torque/power limits of the prototipe, max/min ratios). This video shows and tells almost nothing and does not show how good you worked. Research results must be made appealing whenever possible to get funds and/or sell the product...

[Schizy01]

Neato! Add 50 lbs. to your bike, eh?

[richardvortex]

EXPLANATION ??

[Filorex88]

explain man!

[torino390]

please go and have a beer. meet people, maybe have sex with someone...

[storyb23]

No. And sure, why not.

[carmatic]

i need to see a picture of the complete machine, preferably with a video of it being assembled... what is that noise its making halfway through the video?

[XSaenen]

Judging from the video, I think this is aimed at bicycles.

I see 3 major issues for such an application.

One would be maintenance, which is something most bicycles don't get often enough.

The second one would be the weight. This is a major issue due to the fact that it's rotating mass as well, which will make for heavier pedaling.

The third issue would be making it water- and dirtproof, which would require a big housing, adding even more rotating mass.

[donrenx]

Pointless.... too much.. friction when changing gears...

also not that efficient in transfering energy..

40 is wasted on friction...

[kirbyjason]

The blue and yellow markers show me that the the driving gear and driven hear rotate at different rates. Each time they come around they are a little farther apart. But what I don't see is that rate changing, continuously, much less discreetly. You should at least attach two digital tachometers and let us see the read outs as the output rate of rotation changes as the rate changer varies and as the input gear is rotated at a constant angular velocity. Shame to build this and give it 40 sec.

[boprn]

pointless....

[tediju]

the video doesnt mean anything unless it is not explained by some one ! oh please. what i can see is just a wheel of time running by a chain. explain it dude..

[zantrua]

well, its a transmission, with an infinite number of gears, using cams...

[tropels]

no se entiende

[DanFrederiksen]

it looks neat but I don't get how it works. it shows it spinning but not how it works. you have to understand that what you know of it is not what others know of it so the video actually has to explain or show how it works, not just be a recognizable object to you who already know. it's an ability called 'theory of mind'. you need to train that

[snowrocket]

Dan, you're right! YouTube is about good storytelling; there's a LOT more story here that needs explaining, either in text/video.

[kikojacks]

No entendi 0_o

[amando96]

nem eu :S

[henrysr2610]

why? howcome?

[clocktwibright]

but it's patent pending...

[8917060]

Hope if you could make a 3D animation to explain your idea