In this short video, we explain the Overbalanced Wheel — a popular mechanism that looks like it can run forever using only gravity. This wheel uses sliding or corner-shaped weights that move in and out as the wheel rotates. Many people think it creates free energy, but in reality, it eventually stops due to friction and energy loss.
This model is commonly used in engineering and physics to demonstrate:
Torque imbalance
Center of mass shift
Why perpetual motion machines don’t work
Basic rotational dynamics
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