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Asked by: jose l. tovar
Subject: Gyroscopes
Question: Please, can you tell me how a gyroscope works. I have seen tilting motion being mentioned but don't understand. Tilting in relation to what. Also, why doesn't one fall of a bicycle and why is stability increased with speed.

thank you very much.
Date: 8 April 2003
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Answer: Shahriar Yazdani - 09/07/2003 04:29:44
 suppose you are taking a photo from a turning rim. sign a point of rim. when a tilting force is applied the axis of the rim at that time, the point which is turning forward, wants move down. This motion causes to apply another force to axis of the rim perpendicular the tilting force fom that point when turnes quarter of its path.
The reason of stability of a bicycle which its handlebar is restrained by one is moving is that its spining tires act like a gimbaled gyroscope .

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