gyroscope ufo propulsion ? part2

[upublic]

infinity? do those block weigh INFINITY kilograms??? ta fuck you talkin about you idiot

[kridikz2ten]

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[ContemporaryScience]

Eric was a lovely guy and did some brilliant work on electromagnetic levitation, leading to Maglev trains, in the 60s when I met him at Imperial College, London.

Sadly, he made a wrong turn with gyros (pardon the pun) and made himself look a little foolish in later life. Pity, but that's humans for you.

[Domytar]

AARH NO part 3.

[JUPitervivo]

Is this a Royal Society lecture? whos the guy?

[Stevros3]

This is the same guy who gave a royal institution lecture, and then gave a similar although slightly simplified lecture for the royal institution Christmas lecture designed for children, the original lecture he gave was deleted rather than published. Although he was a well respected ELECTRICAL engineer gyroscopes come under Mechanical Engineering and the as a 3rd year student studing Mechanical Engineering I can tell you it is just a case of CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM.

[Blurns]

What, no part 3? :(

[flowerbower]

I deduce that you have never picked up a physics textbook! One of the most fundamental laws of classical mechanics is that linear and rotational momenta are separately conserved. Unfortunately, rotational momentum is often poorly defined in mechanics textbooks; thus causing confusion. One of Laithwaite's publications showed that he had indeed based his ideas upon such a poor textbook explanation. Being an engineer, rather than a physicist, he did not check the facts very carefully.

[Crapulency]

So, the "idiot in the clip" was "merely a showman"?

The comments below repeat yet again the same old mistakes snooty scientists always make regarding Laithwaite.

He was throwing jam into the experiment on purpose, just like he got a little boy to lift a heavy weight. None of it, he endlessly reminds us, is supposed to disprove orthodox science. It is supposed to test pure theory with messy possibility.

[flowerbower]

"None of it, he endlessly reminds us, is supposed to disprove orthodox science."

So that is why he later told journalists that he was going to build an antigravity machine?

[undokat]

he just decreased resolution of his device for measuring the friction by messing it with sticky jam. then he scales the forces, needed to an object to slip, by the value that he actually measured by his spoiled device, i.e. zero - hence coming to the value of an infinite friction. the similar think is, e.g. if you could measure time in hours, and you pass 1 meter per 1 second, but 1 second rounded on hours is zero, so actually you travel with a velocity 1 m / 0 s = infinite velocity.

[spiritelemental]

An anti gravity device can be built using rotating gyroscopes. Check out the gravitycontrol website for more videos on Eric.

[electroscience]

There are always exceptions, to the rule.

[trayman113]

including that rule itself

[lukewarmdog]

laithwaite studied precessing gyroscopes and proved that they move mass through space, effectively making them lighter. It doesn't break any of Newtons Laws and just like his MagLev project offers a novel method of travel. MagLev trains are now being built in Germany and Japan, R/C UFOs are a best selling toy.

[flowerbower]

He did not prove ANYTHING, apart from the fact that he did not understand elementary physics. He even had the chutzpah to put the letters, FIME*, after his name! BTW, he did not invent maglev; nor the linear induction motor. Overall, he was just a showman.

*Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers

[flowerbower]

This should be required viewing for all science teachers. The idiot in the clip was a professor (sic) of electrical engineering, and yet had failed to understand the basics of rotational dynamics, and insisted on broadcasting his ignorance to the world. Teach physics badly, and that is what happens. Sad.

[jitinsamuel]

Atleast clarify why you are blasting this guy in every video.What exactly is flawed in his theory?