Apparatus for Gyroscopic Propulsion Explained
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@actrapide Without looking up the answers via the internet, please define these terms. Heat, temperature, force, pressure, energy, power, current, voltage, electricity, magnetism, momentum, thrust, leverage, torsion, compression, and tension. These are basic engineering concepts, I can define them all, accurately, and explain the relationships between them. But you think there are 3 forces in the universe gravity, magnetism, and gyroscopic force. HA! A first year physics student knows better.
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@actrapide Physicists know. Even non-physicists who have a rudimentary education in physics (like myself) know. 2 or more perpendicular gyroscopes working in tandem will create resistance to torsion in all axes. It won't generate any propulsion. And your comment about the "3 major factors" of the universe is laughably ignorant. Study physics before trying to argue about it.
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@Libertarianist Umm, I never said it could be used for propulsion, i was meaning it could be used to stabilize something. i.e. keep a space shuttle from tumbling when entering atmosphere, or a plane flying straight when going through rough air. etc. etc. etc...
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@Libertarianist Why r u speaking to me as if im some kinda idiot? You r the shallow minded cretin about here not i, try thinkin outside the box! Gyroscopic forces produced by spinning wheels keep my motor bike upright when i tip it over at speed to go round a corner! The universe is formed by 3 major factors 1: Gravitation force 2: Magnetic force & 3: Gyroscopic force! If a gyroscope can hold something in mid air..what can a combination of of 2,3,4 gyroscopes working in tandem do? Who knows!
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@aaronissaccfranz It can't be used to generate propulsion, sorry.
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@actrapide Not possible. Just because you don't understand how gyroscopes work doesn't mean physicists (or even moderately educated people, like myself) don't either. Gyroscopes can make an object angularly stable, but can not magically generate either power or propulsion.
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@actrapide Yes, you are far from being an expert. Nothing about gyroscopes is mysterious to physicists and nothing about them permits any sort of propulsion. A gyroscope doesn't defy gravity when it seemingly balances off center. Its momentum effectively just transfers its weight to the fulcrum.
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@miketwo345 gravity ? =O
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Now make a small model of it...
Uhh didnt jody foster drop through this in contact?
MrBartimous 6 months ago 8
Several decades ago, I wrote a short letter to Richard Feynman inquiring as to what would happen if you stop a toy gyroscope from rotating on its stand, i.e. it precesses around on its stand. Surprisingly, he actually answered me by sending back my note-diagram with corrections. Answer: If you stop the precession, the gyroscope will drop like a rock ... as it must, by Newtonian physics. No gyroscopic motion can be used for propulsion. All relevant vectors do cancel out.
Bantokfomoki 2 months ago 4