just yesterday, i bought a little gyroscope top thing. All u do is stick a little plastic thing in the teeth and pull really hard and set it spinning! I never knew you could have so much fun with a gyroscope!!!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ea1/

another neat thing about gyroscopes, though you need quite a heavy one for this.

 

get it spinning with the wheel parallel to the floor, and then sit on a swivelly chair. now turn it over, and you will start spinning in order to conserve angular momentum.

yeah. I saw that on TV once. One more thing, i have a question. The gyroscope that i got came with a little thread. You take one end of the thread in one hand, and the other in the other hand. then, hold them parrallel to each other so that the thread froms a 'U' shape. Start the gyroscope spinning and place it at the bottom of the U. It doesn't fall! how does it work?

same effect, conservation of angular momentum

another one is the conversion of angular to linear momentum. you`ll need 2 Gyros and a spinning clutch regulator (also known in old days as a govenor).(it`s a little more complicated but very simple in principal) effectively as your giro`s spinning around a rotating central column the centrifugal force pulls on a hinged arm, changing the angle of the giros creating lift. put that in a box with your central shaft motor and a hiden switch on the outside, you can make ordinary box lift up off the floor and seem to defy gravity. it isn`t really tho, it`s just a conversion of energy

oh ok. Thanx alot guys!

get this one too

 

in the mid 50`s most aircraft were fitted with giros in a box, no bigger than a shoe box, it was used along with compasses as a form of navigation, and after each trip had be CAREFULLY!!!! removed.

well anyway, one lad goes to retrive this box after a mission and is just about on the ladder getting off the plane when someone calls him from behind. he turned around while on the ladder holding this little box. it threw him 70 feet off the ladder and across the runway LOL!

where do u get these facts? I dunno!

that`s a long story

 

here`s another one that you may find interesting tho.

the french as an electrical power backup use flywheels (like in a Gyro) on magnetic bearings under the streets. each one has 6 foot thick reinforce rebar concrete walls and are kept spinning 24/7, each block weight about a ton.

in the case of a power outage clamps will be sprung onto this flywheel to turn a generator shaft and make electricity again

whoa!!!

I want one of those!