Industrial Heritage / Mechanism 001

The Flyball
Governor

Explore a nineteenth-century centrifugal speed regulator. Increase spindle RPM and watch the brass weights move outward as the control sleeve rises.

Live mechanism control

SPINDLE SPEED68 RPM

Adjust spindle speed

20 RPM80 RPM140 RPM

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Physics: constrained rigid-link geometry with damped governor response.

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