Name: 🔬#MESExperiments 16: Gyroscopes Can Even Rise on the Tip of a Thin Needle!
Uploaded: 2022-12-01T18:11:57+00:00
Duration: 3 min 19 s
Description: In #MESExperiments 16 I demonstrate one of the most fascinating demonstrations ever conducted, and which even baffled my mind when I first tried it out. A gyroscope can even rise while precessing at t

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In #MESExperiments 16 I demonstrate one of the most fascinating demonstrations ever conducted, and which even baffled my mind when I first tried it out. A gyroscope can even rise while precessing at the tip of a needle! Yes, a needle… The gyroscope is literally dangling in midair with nothing to hold on to but the tiny tip of the needle. I’ve included a zoomed in box during the gyro rising to show a close up of the stem and needle. This is some truly breath-taking stuff!

The progression of the gyro experiment and numerical results are listed below:

- Initial Gyro Angle: 47°
- Rising Time: 0:40 - 0:04 = 36 seconds.
- Sleep Time: 0:58 - 0:40 = 18 seconds.
- Time to Fall: 1:02 - 0:04 = 58 seconds.
- Total Spin Time: 2:45 - 0:04 = 2:41 = 161 seconds.
- Note: Very interesting loud noise coming from the gyro at the 20 seconds mark during rising.