Perpetual motion?

[Foxster]

I was messing about and made this no-power "thing"...

Any ideas on improving it so it works better?

[nascarlaser1]

yay a 1.3 kraken drive! Time to figure out how to replicate for 1.2.2 .

[Foxster]

If anyone would like to try it and see if they can improve it then here's the craft file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5d7siu6fo43rjan/Rocking roller 4.craft?dl=0

Hit 2 then 1 to get it going. 

 

Edited July 21, 2017 by Foxster

[MiffedStarfish]

Oh. Now that's veeeeery interesting. Maybe it could be simplified by building a cage of cubic struts around the scanner, then putting a 2.5m part in front of that? The you have a wheel with perpetual motion.

[Foxster]

For anyone interested: It works because the scanner part will not collide with a part joined to the same craft as itself, but it will collide with parts not attached to the same craft. So, we separate the beams and attached wheels after launch (2 key) and the scanner will then happily collide with the beam and provide some push. 

Once the stored charge runs down it is unsteerable but it's kinda fun to set it off and see where it takes itself. 

Edited July 21, 2017 by Foxster

[klond]

8 hours ago, Foxster said:

Any ideas on improving it so it works better?

 Yep, what @MiffedStarfish said.  Throw it in a cage then attach and offset some homemade wheels (probably easier to say then do.  Lemme know if you want a copy of this).

 Make sure your wheels slip a little because you get 100% torque instantly from the scanner.  And if you're trying to turn a high-mass or high-resistance wheel you may get BOOM.

@Rath and @Jett_Quasar have messed around with scanners some.

Edited July 22, 2017 by klond

[Ultimate Steve]

Slightly off topic, but I play 1.2.2 and K-drives still work. However, instead of legs pushing against the ship, you need to have legs push against a ship that pushes against your ship.

If this is patched, I am staying in 1.2.2. I need them for... storyline reasons.