Homopolar motor rotation in Vacuum

[StoyanNikolov]

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. 

 

[exchemist]

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. 

 

We need a description, not a video.

[swansont]

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.

[StoyanNikolov]

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