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We had a demonstration in physics, which I'm sure most of you have seen, of a wheel spinning very quickly maintaing it's orientation. (There is a string hooked to one end of the axle, and you expect the wheel to 'flop' downwards)
Now, I was just wondering what the math behind this is?
The spinning wheel has a high angular momentum in direction X while there is a torque from gravity in direction Y: after that...? This is definitely similar to it being difficult to slow an airplane rather than a ball.
Now, I was just wondering what the math behind this is?
The spinning wheel has a high angular momentum in direction X while there is a torque from gravity in direction Y: after that...? This is definitely similar to it being difficult to slow an airplane rather than a ball.