This is fun. It sounds like you and Alex enjoyed this lab.
I would really like to understand precession using only forces, but not torques. I know how to use the right-hand rule to compute precession, but *why* it happens remains a mystery to me.
You mention a Japanese video with 9000 lip-synced for 8000 rpm. What’s that?
Note to the viewer: There is a bearing at the tip of the rod that allowed Michael to steady the rod, or move it, without slowing down the gyroscope.
I guess you got a feeling for having the rod move perpendicularly to the direction you pushed it.
December 5, 2009 at 11:51 am
This is fun. It sounds like you and Alex enjoyed this lab.
I would really like to understand precession using only forces, but not torques. I know how to use the right-hand rule to compute precession, but *why* it happens remains a mystery to me.
You mention a Japanese video with 9000 lip-synced for 8000 rpm. What’s that?
Note to the viewer: There is a bearing at the tip of the rod that allowed Michael to steady the rod, or move it, without slowing down the gyroscope.
I guess you got a feeling for having the rod move perpendicularly to the direction you pushed it.