He told me how his wheel is constructed. I ran it thru wm2d which showed a wheel that does not keel. In other words it would continue to spin until friction slowed it down. He says it works, that it speeds up when released. Maybe wm2d has something in its internal programming that checks to make sure it obeys conservation of energy? So I programmed a simulation in Visual Basic. Still no self running. But I'm just using formulas to see if it balances. I'm not figuring inertia. This tinkerer emailed me pictures and short videos of it running and of it self starting. But the videos aren't long enough (about 12 seconds) to tell if the wheel really would turn perpetually. But they show that he really has built a wheel. And they show very clearly how the wheel operates.
He tells me he has never let it run more than just a VERY short time, that he is afraid it will speed up and destroy itself. He has put a considerable amount of time into developing his wheel and does not want it damaged. His wheel is hand built so it is not very sturdy and could easily damage itself. Is he deluding himself into thinking it would keep turning if he didn't stop it? Or has he really made a self turning Bessler type wheel? What gets me is that his basic wheel concept has been discussed here before and a number of us said we thought it would not work. Is there something that we don't see that makes this type of wheel work?
I have decided the only way I will know if his wheel really works is to build one myself. So I've started making drawings and sketches. It looks like I can make a smaller well built model for about $150 (US dollars) of materials and about 40 to 60 hours of my labor making parts in my basement workshop. It may take me a month or two of my spare time. Hopefully I can prove if his wheel really works.
