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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte View Post
I don't think so. I'm not an aerospace engineer nor a physicist, but I would think that gyros big enough to produce a noticeable effect would not produce a beneficial effect. I suspect it would make handling counter-intuitive since the airbike theoretically has three axes of rotation (as opposed to a bicycle with only one).

Gyros (or motion sensors) in modern systems are used to detect attitude changes not resulting from user input, which are then fed back into the control system to make corrections. You don't need big gyros for this.
Well, fast spinning bike wheels do resist being moved in the other 2 axes which would be what, roll and yaw? Anyway and otherwise, why have vertical wheels? That thing would be a beast to ride on the ground. And they don't seem to aid in landing.

The whole idea is stupid.

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Old 06-23-2013, 03:33 PM
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