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jason |
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complex explaination of behaviour |
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I am having a hard time swallowing the common explaination of how a gyro works. Can anyone provide me with an answer that takes into account how a gyro will hold at a 90degree angle as though holding in mid air?
How exactly does precision create this effect that appears to be impossible by common laws of physics? How does precision affect these laws to produce a heavy object balancing on a thin point at 90 degrees? |
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18 December 2004
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josh - 05/01/2005 22:57:18
| | | A gyro works by equaling out the forces around it when it is spinning. Imagine that a force is applied to a certain point of the gyroscope. When it spins around, the inertia from the force that was applied to "the spot" is also acting on the opposite side and when it spins around all the way, the force was apllied to the entire gyroscope. When the gyroscope gets slower the forces become more uneven and the gyroscope still tries to stay up. When it STILL tries to stay up it rotates because of the way the rotor is spinning (if the rotor is spinning clockwise the gyro will spin counterclockwise and vice versa.) and wa la!, you have precession. (I think this is how it works) Now, you might want to know that you were just answered by a kid doing his science project. Email me back if you need further explanation.
Hope you got!
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jason sinclair - 06/01/2005 04:41:02
| | | Thanks Josh,
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