Gyroscope in Free-Fall "Zero-G"

What does a toy gyroscope do when it suddenly dropped into free-fall and it feels like there is no gravity?

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[ThirdSon13]

@Thopter: Yes, you are correct. The gyro does get gently 'launched' by a soft mounting of the plastic pedestal and some flexure of the entire mechanical structure. That structure holds the camera, lights, clear box the gyro is in, and the pedestal. Before the release to fall, the structure is supported by one cable attached to the top and is stretched a bit. When released to fall, the structure 'relaxes' to its natural shape.

[cH33zewarri0r]

fake i would like to see that on a HD camera where it doesnt black out every second

[ThirdSon13]

@cH33zewarri0r I do not understand "black out every second". Those are labels put in to separate the real-time and the slow motion segments.

[TheBoredSupremacy]

If they really are just dropping it (not too sure how fast it's decelerating) it would seem more efficient to have a higher rig that would allow for instant drop with fast damped deceleration at the bottom. I would think any competent organization putting an expensive camera in a rig would do something like that.

[ThirdSon13]

@TheBoredSupremacy This experiment is released from a cable clamp so 'instantly' begins to fall. It falls during the 2.2 seconds with the acceleration of gravity, 9.8 m/s/s.

When it contacts the air bag at the bottom, the peak deceleration is about 15 g's.

[Thopter]

I have a question...since all bodies fall at the same rate of acceleration, why does the gyroscope float upwards in every case here? I find it interesting that it does. If anything, it seems the gyroscope should want to continue to press downward on the pedestal since I could conceive the camera box having external air resistance as it dropped, making it fall slightly slower than the rate of gravity. The internal gyro however would not have this air resistance, so what's going on here?

[vormanator]

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