A Problem With Chris Harper's Design? My OPINION.

[sleepy]

This is my OPINION based on small amounts of available info.
According to the small amount of info that Chris has released on his alleged running wheel,there seems to be a problem.According to Chris,the wheel requires 5 separate mechs to complete a revolution.These mechs utilize the z-plane and must be free to cross the center of the wheel.That means that there can be no continuous or protruding axle from the center of the wheel. So there can only be 2 of the required 5 mechs attached at any given moment (one on each face of the wheel). This reminds me of Fcdrivers unsolvable situation.He also stated that he needed 5 weighted arms to complete a rotation, but each arm needed to cross the center, and each arm would necessarily interfere with any arm attached directly to the previous. So he could only ever attach 2 arms to his wheel. That being said, either one of these guys, (who both claim to have a working physical wheel), could post any type of video of their wheels running. Wouldn't it be nice to shut me up for awhile? That'd teach me!

[ChrisHarper]

Sleepy,

Unfortunately I do not recognise any part of your interpretation.

This is not meant to be disparaging, as I've obviously failed at describing matters.

The fundamental misunderstanding appears to be that cross-migration of weight through the axle line is not an essential requirement.

Nor is the physical migration of weight laterally along the z plane required either!

Moreover, although the weights induce rotation, their presence is not a base requirement, but clearly the arrangement would barely turn itself if naked.

Preponderance is akin to a ghost walking through a wall.

I fully understand Bessler's Religious overtures, as to see a large mass rise high with the fall of a small one falling a mere fraction of that elevation of the larger, is truly an epiphany.

Look guys, rotation can occur even when CoM = CoR precisely.