Gyroscope Flashcards

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Q

Rigidity in space

A

The principle that a wheel with a heavily weighted rim spun at high rpms tends to remain in the position at which the wheel is spining

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Gyroscopic precession

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When an outside force tries to tilt a spinning gyro, the gyro responds as if the force had been applied 90 degrees further

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