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⚙️ Watt Flyball Governor: Speed Regulation, Load Droop and Hunting Stability - 2D Lab

Watt and Porter flyball governor on a steam engine: arm equation, valve linkage, load droop, and Jacobian stability with live hunting.

Engineering & Materials2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the steam-engine governor lab: side view of the flyballs, sleeve and throttle valve with the same arm equation, droop curve and pole map.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install