There’s certainly something that looks weird about that effect, if the footage is genuine. If so there might be some way to harness it
Edited to add: Deep sigh. Not the fact that gyros work, FFS. What’s actually interesting is the apparent effect of gyroscopic rotation to seem to reduce gravitationally active mass.
TacoDad189 on
This is an example of gyroscopic precession
SuspiciousSheeps on
I’d wager the man is 35.
10Core56 on
Double_Bet_8444 on
That’s a perfect end for that line everyone says..Â
“it’s still going to this day..”
Wretched_DogZ_Dadd on
he went to the same school as me (many, many years apart) and did a science demo/lecture at the school and was responsible for the initial development of maglev
0317Kendell007 on
How did he stop it? Did he fly away?
Ok-Style-9734 on
I like how he can barely contain his giggle doing it.
And how he has to spin around to slow it downÂ
Ibushi-gun on
Is this how planes fly?
GoldPrinted on
Blitzdog416 on
Ornac_The_Barbarian on
Well…Ok. That was frankly awesome to watch in action.
Mass displacement through angular momentum? Fun with science words!
socialdrop0ut on
It’s also interesting to wonder if someone found that out accidentally somehow or if someone had an idea and thought it would work.
Curious_Strike_5379 on
Wow look at them lugs.
BlackGuysYeah on
I wonder how hot his palms got.
stuckwithnoname on
“then we have the problem of stopping it” lol
nthensome on
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Preemptively_Extinct on
Big-Carpenter7921 on
I need to save this to show to students when I teach them how a propeller works
PaddyScrag on
Due to the gyro effect, the force of gravity pushes the wheel horizontally. He applies a little extra force in the horizontal direction, which gets turned into an upwards force. I still remember studying helicopters in high school physics 30 years ago. It was one of the coolest things we learned.
BadgerPhil on
The Royal Society Lectures he gave were exceptional
SeenTooMuchToo on
OSHA would like to have a word.
Hardass_McBadCop on
Conservation of Angular Momentum, IIRC.
Wild-Exit-6302 on
He said shaft!
Fozzdroz on
Maybe this is how they built the pyramids in Vegas
131_Proof_Bud on
Cheech!
Fluid_Maximum_5643 on
need to have this guy meet Vasily in some gym and pull a real tag team on unsuspecting gym rats
Badaxe13 on
Check out his book ‘The Engineer Through the Looking Glass’ it’s full of this kind of stuff.
BajitaLaTenaza on
Magic
BaronSamedys on
Centrifugal fuck yeah…..
22Wilderness22 on
Thank goodness there is weird background music. Adds so much to the message.
RBGPOriginal on
I was expecting him to start spin too like in the cartoons 😂
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There’s certainly something that looks weird about that effect, if the footage is genuine. If so there might be some way to harness it
Edited to add: Deep sigh. Not the fact that gyros work, FFS. What’s actually interesting is the apparent effect of gyroscopic rotation to seem to reduce gravitationally active mass.
This is an example of gyroscopic precession
I’d wager the man is 35.
That’s a perfect end for that line everyone says..Â
“it’s still going to this day..”
he went to the same school as me (many, many years apart) and did a science demo/lecture at the school and was responsible for the initial development of maglev
How did he stop it? Did he fly away?
I like how he can barely contain his giggle doing it.
And how he has to spin around to slow it downÂ
Is this how planes fly?
Well…Ok. That was frankly awesome to watch in action.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite)
**Eric Roberts Laithwaite** (14 June 1921 – 27 November 1997) was an English [electrical engineer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineer), known as the “[Father of](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_field) [Maglev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev)”[^([1])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite#cite_note-1) for his development of the [linear induction motor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_induction_motor) and [maglev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_(transport)) rail system after [Hermann Kemper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kemper).
could this be made into a weapon?
Mass displacement through angular momentum? Fun with science words!
It’s also interesting to wonder if someone found that out accidentally somehow or if someone had an idea and thought it would work.
Wow look at them lugs.
I wonder how hot his palms got.
“then we have the problem of stopping it” lol
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I need to save this to show to students when I teach them how a propeller works
Due to the gyro effect, the force of gravity pushes the wheel horizontally. He applies a little extra force in the horizontal direction, which gets turned into an upwards force. I still remember studying helicopters in high school physics 30 years ago. It was one of the coolest things we learned.
The Royal Society Lectures he gave were exceptional
OSHA would like to have a word.
Conservation of Angular Momentum, IIRC.
He said shaft!
Maybe this is how they built the pyramids in Vegas
Cheech!
need to have this guy meet Vasily in some gym and pull a real tag team on unsuspecting gym rats
Check out his book ‘The Engineer Through the Looking Glass’ it’s full of this kind of stuff.
Magic
Centrifugal fuck yeah…..
Thank goodness there is weird background music. Adds so much to the message.
I was expecting him to start spin too like in the cartoons 😂