TN
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TN
Legend said Moai walked by itself.
But how did Moai walk?
I show you my proposal.
http://www.tegakinet.jp/moai.htm
--How I thought of walking moai--
I watched a special feature TV program of Easter Island in January, 2004.
In this program, form of a base part of a moai was not flat, and Professor archeologist Charles love of Wyoming university explained that it was easy to incline forward when a moai stands on the ground.
As for this, there is a description in a homepage of Kontiki Museum.
http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/Research/Papers/walking_statue.html
Some methods about a movement of a moai are suggested. Particularly,a method of Mulloi and
http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/Research/Papers/walking/figs/fig1.html
a method of Pavel are famous.
http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/Research/Papers/walking/figs/fig4.html
However, the nothing can explain that moais are easy to incline forward.
I thought that the base of the moai in TV looked like
a rocking chair, because it curved gently. I thought that moais swung in front and back.
When I was child,I had walking toy that walked over the desk which was inclined.
I thought that moais walked on same principle.
A web site of Michigan university introduces Passive Walk.
This is known as a phenomenon of a limit cycle.
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~artkuo/Passive_Walk/passive_walking.html
I referred to them and repeated an experiment and succeeded in letting a ornament moai to walk.
My father got this moai as a souvenir from his friend who went to Chile of South America for a trip more than 20 years ago.
How? Does the moai which I thought about seem to walk? Would the genuine moai walk in this way?
Please send your opinion.
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