Engineering / Physics Teaser Question on Gyroscopic Motion

[svandamme]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
You can do the same experiment by sitting on an office chair, and spinning a free bicycle wheel and then rotating it 90 degrees so it's vertical and then parallel with the floor. Your chair will spin 90 degrees.

-Wayne

it was a big problem on WW1 radial engined fighter planes who would violently dive when turning left/pull up when turning right or something like that

[cashflyer]

More of a problem on the rotary engines than the radial engines.

(And I do not mean wankel engines)

[svandamme]

my mistake, got the 2 mixed up

[Drago]

He got you all....physicists don't have friends.