a Single Mechanism......
Bessler said that when he used one crossbar he was able to self rotate. Not much power but it would continue. After he put on another he was able to produce enough power to accomplish work.
Not sure how the formula for that works, but I have always felt that if you assign a percentage to the mechanism say 98 percent efficient that only meant that the more mechanisms that are attached the quicker that the wheel slows down. That has been the case in so many of my replications. So for a wheel to sustain, the mechanism must be capable of at least 100 % plus a little more say 102% to overcome the inherent drag on the mechanism and bearings. If a single mechanism gives an additional SAY 2 percent, the 3 mechanism would provide an additional 6 percent. So, the more mechanisms onboard, and provided they are timed properly, the more power available.
Given his words, the number of mechanisms has nothing to do with a self-sustaining wheel.
The more mechanisms, the more power available, that is why, I believe the reason the wheels kept getting thicker was because he was stacking more and more mechanism onto the wheels.
He also said that the power available was a function of the diameter. That seem pretty simple then, that the weights were on the perimeter of the wheel, if it was a wheel. Or just a series of spokes that he covered with the cloth to hide the secret.
In his drawing, and are ye yet without understanding, it shows 3 mechanisms or 3 segments that produce power. I think it would have more power with 5 or 7 or 15. The complexity of getting it all produced, attached and timed is just a function of math and engineering. So, for me, it is the functioning of the single mechanism that is the key. The additional mechanisms just add power, but they do not depend on each other to just revolve.
the additional weight of a single washer, in a single mechanism is all that is required
but for now
I have work to do, as there is much to tell
I am a Perpetuum Mobilist
GRAVITTEA