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TJ |
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horizontally co-joined counter rotating gyros |
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If I take two toy gyros and join them at the hoizontal axis and then spin them in opposite directions ....what would be the effect to the overall attitude of the machine? Would the machine lose its' stability by cancelation or would it tip at 90 degree angels from the direction of the tipping force? |
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20 July 2005
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Jerome Prater - 30/07/2005 22:36:19
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| | The two gyros would cancel each other out if the spin axis' are coinciding.
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Luis Gonzalez - 06/08/2005 16:34:26
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| | T,
Your question may need to be expanded to explain where and how you will mount the co-joined gyros. Also will they be joined rigid hinged to pivot? If you simply put them on a table they will not do much.
Luis
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