Can A Perpetual Motion Wheel Actually Work?

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[badwf]

This is obviously a joke people. He's not an idiot

[Shruz]

I think they patched it in the last update

[jacekelly]

Your a little late, they patched this bug when people kept using it for infinite electricity.

[JKGKJJLGHGHJ]

Instead of poking fun and saying how it wouldn't work, you built it and actually tried it out, much respect to you sir well done.

[dropatrain]

This channel is like if SmarterEveryDay didnt go to college and instead made moonshine in his garage

[zacrosamond]

This wasn't a fail at all! It was a success, at providing the expected results of a repeatable experiment. Props to you for being so humble and transparent!

[brianwhitelaw]

To all who called him an idiot, or some other derogatory name, you're too harsh. He's not an idiot, he's just curious. Nobody is born knowing physics, or anything for that matter; everything you do and know is learned over time. I commend him for experimenting and learning from it.

@TylerTube - One of the main reasons perpetual machines cannot exist is because it is physically impossible to get more energy out of a system (mechanical or otherwise) than the amount of energy that "charges" the system. There are many factors that drain energy from your system including friction etc that other commenters mentioned.
That established, it is my theory that the main energy drain on the system you made is the water sloshing back and forth in those bottles. What you've created is effectively a weighted flywheel. Flywheels store potential energy, and weighted flywheels can store more potential energy, using inertia. However, they also require more energy input to the system in order to rotate. At one point you commented on how quickly your wheel slowed down. I believe that is due to the movement of the water from one end of a given bottle to the other. That back and forth movement of the water consumed energy fourteen times per revolution in your system. Ergo, the energy you supplied your wheel is more rapidly consumed in comparison to your spinning the wheel at the very beginning when you were displaying the gyroscopic effect.
If you're interested in learning a bit more about how flywheels store energy, consider watching a video on YouTube called "The Mechanical Battery" posted seven months ago by New Mind. If this video was actually a joke and you already knew all of that stuff, then I'm the idiot. 😊 Have a great night all. 😁

[MilaEvans]

Even if the premise behind the idea made any sense, the friction in the axle of the wheel would mean that energy would continue being lost as the wheel turns until there isn't any energy left in the system.

[williamcox]

The reason it didn't work is, you forgot to fit the hidden electric motor.

[CousinFeetus]

😂 this guy makes this complex video basically to demonstrate that he didn't finish grade school 🤣

[symphonysoup]

“ThEsE hAvE tO bE ExAcT”


The bottles: . . . .. .

[Kay_Jay_Pea]

Tyler: **Tries to create something that has been proven over 1000s of years to be impossible**
Also Tyler: **is surprised when it doesn't work**

[KhunjulwaMaqoko]

They really work, it's just that he used a small amount of water in the bottles, it must be enough to accomodate the size and the weight of the wheel for it to work.

[missouribackwoodsadventures]

Perpetual motion machine: Doesn’t exist

Tyler: Physics mumbo jumbo 😂

[stimpy_thecat]

"Bearded dude overcomes laws of physics, gets likes on YouTube"

[Gajoobles]

Just think about all the forces at play and you will get an idea as to why it cannot do what you want it to. The main issue is you don't think about the friction the wheel has to deal with as it spins, that is wasted energy. Furthermore, whenever water is going down, the wheel is also raising the water on the other side which counters the force you put in. I am sure there is more to this so please correct if I am wrong.

[Thesnakerox]

Can a perpetual motion wheel actually work?
Short answer: NO.
Long answer: This video

[RS-pewn]

The same amount of energy you get from the water moving is lost when the water moves again trying to go up

[rumdonuts]

Your attitude is as adorable as your beard. There's nothing wrong with laymen science stuff as long as you're honest! Keep on truckin'!

[SouloDoloMusic]

Perpetual motion isn't impossible. My girl hasn't stopped talking since I met her.