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thetexan
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I'm playing with my new Figgit Spinner and it is addictive.
Of course when I get a good spin going it has a great deal or gyroscopic stability. When I turn my hand in one direction or the other while it is spinning there is the obvious gyroscopic resistance 90 degrees off of the direction of my hand's force.
My question is this. Obviously there is a force applied to my hand from the spinning gyroscope. The energy for that force must come from the spinner I think? Each time I twist my hand inducing the resistive force from the spinner is that slowing the spinning down a little? In other words, is the force used to resist my hand's turning coming from and subtracting from the spinning energy of the spinner? If not, where does the energy come from?
thanks,
tex
Of course when I get a good spin going it has a great deal or gyroscopic stability. When I turn my hand in one direction or the other while it is spinning there is the obvious gyroscopic resistance 90 degrees off of the direction of my hand's force.
My question is this. Obviously there is a force applied to my hand from the spinning gyroscope. The energy for that force must come from the spinner I think? Each time I twist my hand inducing the resistive force from the spinner is that slowing the spinning down a little? In other words, is the force used to resist my hand's turning coming from and subtracting from the spinning energy of the spinner? If not, where does the energy come from?
thanks,
tex