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Tommy |
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Producing Forward Movement |
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I work alongside gyro's as part of my work as an Avionics Technician In the RAF. I was undertaking a course on basic gyro theory and wondered if Gyro precession can be somehow turned into forward movement replacing drive from a motor in a car. I thought about it for a little time but im no expert, I thought maybe some sort of gear stick to place torque on a particular point on a gyro to produce precession in another direction 90Deg out. Any thoughts or am I talking rubbish LOL. Would appreciate it if you got back to me. Thanks Tommy :) |
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26 June 2006
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Glenn Hawkins - 27/06/2006 02:27:39
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Hi Tommy,
What you ask is exactly what this site is all about. You will find many interesting discourses posted here going back years. Choose a couple and join in.
Glenn,
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Jerry Volland - 03/07/2006 15:05:15
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Your idea of changing the position of torque has merit. For instance, changing which end is on the pedestal, while also changing the spin direction will produce a repeatable effect resulting in unidirectional movement. I've verified this with flywheel rotation. My basic set-up and experiment is depicted at:
www.spaceoffice.us/ipm.htm
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