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Raymond Gibson |
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describe fully the direction in which a free gyroscope tilts |
| Question: |
describe fully the direction in which a free gyroscope tilts |
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29 April 2008
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Krishna Davinci - 15/07/2008 22:23:05
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| | Why would it tilt at all? The spinning circular uniform mass is balanced, is it not?
It tilts only when an external force (such as "gravity") is applied. Then it appears to me to tilt as if a virtual force is applied 90 degrees around (in the diredtion the wheel is revolving) from the actual direction of applied force.
So a corollary question is:
Why is the torque shifted by (apparently exactly) 1/4 of the circle?
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peter przywara - 08/06/2009 14:09:27
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| | 90% by the rotation direction
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John Smith - 17/07/2014 21:37:04
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| | Not sure but examples or tilt from 72 to 90degr exist. Maybe in perfectly rigid bodies, 90degr is the case.
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d brown - 06/08/2019 13:49:46
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| | it is a shame PATRICK did not answer to your question. i would have liked his insight on this convaluted topic.
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