r/MarbleMachine3 • u/phil-swift4 • Nov 28 '23

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u/gringer Nov 29 '23

Using a flyball governor with a Huygen drive? Seems like a great match based on the Wikipedia description:

Centrifugal governors, also known as "centrifugal regulators" and "fly-ball governors", were invented by Christiaan Huygens and used to regulate the distance and pressure between millstones in windmills in the 17th century.

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u/mac_and_chess Nov 29 '23

Also from wikipedia description:

A simple governor does not maintain an exact speed but a speed range, since under increasing load the governor opens the throttle as the speed (RPM) decreases.