Question about a g-force simulator in question 6, part b, regarding the moments in a balanced system at rest.

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The following is regarding question $6$, part $b$, in the following link:

https://thol.sunway.edu.my/examdbase/alv/math/p3/math_p3_j96.pdf

Using the principle of moments and considering the case when $ω=0$ (when the system is at rest).

Let $m_1$ be the mass of the pilot, $m_2$ be the mass of the counterweight $B$ and the distance from $O$ to $B$ is $x$, we have

Principle of Moments:

anticlockwise moments = clockwise moments

$$ xm_2g = 10m_1g$$

As the system is balanced when the system rotates and the forces acting towards $O$ are balanced, the moments when the system is at rest must also be balanced.

Is this enough to answer the question without being given any masses or the distance $x$, where we could show quantitatively that the system is balanced when at rest?

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When the system is in motion the forces acting towards $O$ are

$$xm_2\omega^2 = 10m_1\omega^2$$

As $\omega$ is equal for both masses, we can cancel $\omega$ and multiply both sides by $g$, which shows, in general, that the moments about $O$, of each weight, are equal when the system is at rest.