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Hello All,
When a spinning gyroscope with two degrees of freedom sits on the surface of the Earth, with its spin axis perpendicular to the Earth and its inner gimbal aligned east to west, it will precess.
What I would like to know is, how much torque is produced about the east-west axis when the spin axis is mearest to perpendicular to the surface of the Earth.
The following are the physical properties of the flywheel:
1) The diameter is 12.0"
2) The thickness is 2.0"
3) The mass is 22.498 Lbs.
4) The Rs PM are 45.
5) The rotation is counter clockwise as viewed from the North end of the flywheel.
I have solid modeled the gyroscope in Mechanical Desktop and I am attaching a jpeg image.
If I did not provide enough information, please ask.
Ralf Dieckmann
When a spinning gyroscope with two degrees of freedom sits on the surface of the Earth, with its spin axis perpendicular to the Earth and its inner gimbal aligned east to west, it will precess.
What I would like to know is, how much torque is produced about the east-west axis when the spin axis is mearest to perpendicular to the surface of the Earth.
The following are the physical properties of the flywheel:
1) The diameter is 12.0"
2) The thickness is 2.0"
3) The mass is 22.498 Lbs.
4) The Rs PM are 45.
5) The rotation is counter clockwise as viewed from the North end of the flywheel.
I have solid modeled the gyroscope in Mechanical Desktop and I am attaching a jpeg image.
If I did not provide enough information, please ask.
Ralf Dieckmann
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