heedm
>" The reason the spoke and mass wheel doesn't lag is because no force is being applied to the "disk" (masses in this case). "<
Don't you think that the weights will be subjected to a small amount of torque and lag, in the primary plane of rotation, because of aerodynamic drag?
>" The action of you tilting the axle doesn't get transmitted. Initially the masses will want to continue to spin in the plane that they are already spinning in, but shortly after that they will realign themselves with the plane of rotation. "<
I think that tilting the hub will impose an out-of-plane force on the rotating weights. This out-of-plane or realignment force will be the sine of the angle of misalignment times the centripetal force.