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Hi again,
I've found interesting video.
Roller homopolar motor :
Roller Motor
Do you think the motor from 1:08 min Will self rotate in Vacuum/Space
(No other forces : Gravitational or Other type.)
Thank you in advance. 
Roller motor.jpg
 
4 minutes ago, StoyanNikolov said:
Hi again,
I've found interesting video.
Roller homopolar motor :
Roller Motor
Do you think the motor from 1:08 min Will self rotate in Vacuum/Space
(No other forces : Gravitational or Other type.)
Thank you in advance. 
Roller motor.jpg
 

We need a description, not a video.

Sort of. It can’t spontaneously begin to rotate without an external torque.

But the current would feel a force, and if properly connected, the wire would rend to rotate in one direction while the battery+magnets would rotate in the other, such that the angular momentum would remain zero.

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In the Video 1:08 motor All parts are Rolling in one direction.

Considering Rolling = Rotation+Translation

If in Space would this motor (all parts) rotate in one direction ?

Thank you in advance

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