Gyroscopic Mechanisms [Related Components, Geometry, Mass, Atmospheric Pressure]
A Presentation On Gyroscopic Effects By Professor Eric Laithwaite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCEJxO6V9g
In the demonstration at 35:23 he demonstrates the gyroscope suspended on a string moving in a wide orbit (around the strings suspension point) while the gyroscope is rotating. The gyroscope at this point is at a high RPM and the gyroscopes axle is perpendicular to the string. Later in the same demonstration the gyroscope's orbit (around the strings suspension point) is less wide (smaller), while the RPM of the gyroscope is significantly less by comparison to the first example (with a wide orbit), however the gyroscope remains perpendicular to the string.
In other words the orbit being large and the RPM being high and the orbit being small with a low RPM both result in the same position of the gyroscope (perpendicular to the string).
Has anyone got any further related comments on this demonstration by Eric Laithwaite?
A Presentation On Gyroscopic Effects By Professor Eric Laithwaite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCEJxO6V9g
In the demonstration at 35:23 he demonstrates the gyroscope suspended on a string moving in a wide orbit (around the strings suspension point) while the gyroscope is rotating. The gyroscope at this point is at a high RPM and the gyroscopes axle is perpendicular to the string. Later in the same demonstration the gyroscope's orbit (around the strings suspension point) is less wide (smaller), while the RPM of the gyroscope is significantly less by comparison to the first example (with a wide orbit), however the gyroscope remains perpendicular to the string.
In other words the orbit being large and the RPM being high and the orbit being small with a low RPM both result in the same position of the gyroscope (perpendicular to the string).
Has anyone got any further related comments on this demonstration by Eric Laithwaite?
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