spinning

[winkle]

if you a space vehicle of some sort setting in space
placed a working gravity wheel on one of the side walls
gave it a spin
how would it affect the space vehicle
would it just sit there spinning or would it take some directional motion

[nicbordeaux]

Action/reaction so the layman supposes that any forces will be transmttited via whatever is attaching your PM wheel to the craft. The result in terms of movement/tilt (yeah, I know there is no up or down in space...) would depend on the balanced or OB nature of the wheel. And one supposes that in a OB wheel case where a recurring force occurs, you would get some sort of reaction.

BTW, I'm not interested in the gravity wheel, but how much do you want for the space craft ?