Explaination of the gyroscopic effect. I don't know if it's useful for you to know, but someone might find it helpful. I'm not going to type it out because it's more difficult to type out complicated things, so I'll just show diagrams with some discription and if you have a question I will answer them. If anything at least this will stimulate your imagination.
This is based on reaction forces of molecules (spring stress forces). Imagine atoms as being little springs, and when pulled apart causes decompression, and when pushed together causes compression. And also keep in mind the direction of momentum of those molecules.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9972/num10nx.png
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/749/num26sv.png
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/66/num39us.png
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3696/num45jb.png
note: all the acting forces are simplified from very complicated vectors (vortex, changing forces through degree and distance)
Quote from: buzneg on January 21, 2007, 02:55:02 AM
Explaination of the gyroscopic effect. I don't know if it's useful for you to know, but someone might find it helpful. I'm not going to type it out because it's more difficult to type out complicated things, so I'll just show diagrams with some discription and if you have a question I will answer them. If anything at least this will stimulate your imagination.
This is based on reaction forces of molecules (spring stress forces). Imagine atoms as being little springs, and when pulled apart causes decompression, and when pushed together causes compression. And also keep in mind the direction of momentum of those molecules.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9972/num10nx.png
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/749/num26sv.png
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/66/num39us.png
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3696/num45jb.png
note: all the acting forces are simplified from very complicated vectors (vortex, changing forces through degree and distance)
edit: the flywheel doesn't change speed because the compression slow it down but the decompression speeds it up.