just a guess but?....

[b0rg13]

..some where i saw a vid where a magnet is dropped into a copper?(im not sure) tube and it took its time to fall, like it was falling through mud,...

.. what if.....a wheel of magnets was say hmmm, part of the wheel was semi encompassed in copper?... to upset the balance of the wheel?...

.. i tryed to be basic, i hope some one can understand what im trying to let out.

Peace. 

[b0rg13]

ok no has commented.....fair enough...


...so ive drawn a basic pic...

this is ment to be a bike wheel with magnets placed every 2 or 3 cm i guess,,,around the out side of the wheel...

the left hand side is encompassed say %90 in a circle/tube of copper!......

.. NOW if any one has seen what happens when you drop a magnet down a copper tube it takes a while to make it out the other end, if the tube is long enough,..... it does not just drop through and onto the ground at free fall speed.
..so this would surly unbalance the wheel no ?.... the magnets in the copper tube would appear to be lightened while in the tube and the wheel should move clockwise.
..i wouldnt normally stick my neck out with something like this, BUT! (this is the weird part)..now and then i seem to have a weird dream about it,...and have done for years.

..any way i hope to see some comments on the idea , yeah i know the drawing sucks.

[ThothTheSecond]

You are describing the Lenz's Law experiment with the copper tube.

If I am understanding you correctly would it not just slow the rotation of the wheel ?

[b0rg13]

yes more than likly it would slow the wheel....but.. at this point im just looking at getting it moving... or unbalancing it some how.

[CompuTutor]

There are so many vids of what you said,
but here is one for those arriving here
that are unfamilier with this annomoly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzkl5MD3i8