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Webbd050
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What gyroscopic forces act on a car fitted with a flywheel kers system? From what i understand if the flywheel was mounted transversely and rotating clockwise when viewed from the right side of the car and the car turned right gyroscopic precession would cause the car to roll to the left ie a clockwise torque acts on the car viewed from the front. Is this correct? Or would gyroscopic precession not occur because the flywheel isn't rotating about its centre point but is just moving with the car, if that makes sense. I am really confused haha. How would i go about calculating the torque that acts to roll the car if this is correct? Thanks