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Do gyroscopes still work inside event horizon?
Imagine a gyroscope falls into the event horizon of a supermassive black hole, what would happen to the gyroscope? will it remains in the same position before it falls into the event horizon?
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Why does a bullet precess in the opposite direction from gyroscope diagrams? [duplicate]
I am reposting this because it was not resolved when I first posted.
Bullet spin causes a bullet to become a gyroscope. Specifically, bullets have their center of pressure in front of their center of ...
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How attitude indicator (gyro horizon) adjusts to the Earth's curvature?
Image a plane is flying from North to South and is crossing equator. How gyro horizon would maintain correct pitch angle? (Or East-West?)
I assume that pitch angle is correct at takeoff, so the ...
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How to calculate force required to change a flywheel(rotating) at 180 degree angle or diffrent angle?
As we try to change direction axis of flywheel which is rotating on his own spin axis, feel a force which resist this change.
So how can I calculate required minimum force to change direction of axis ...
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Counter rotating two ring type flywheel on same imagenery axis: will they try to remain in same direction if any change applied?
According to image a motor rotate two ring type flywheels(their mass concentrated away from center) one in clockwise other in anti-clockwise at high speed. If we try to change their rotation axis in ...
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Pendulum gyroscope
Is there a gyroscope (a device that enables orientation detection) built with only a pendulum and a gimbal?
If I understand the terminology, this device would not use conservation of angular momentum ...
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How to find set point for PID controller for self balancing robot?
I am building a Self balancing robot and needs to tune PID controller to generate PWM signals.
My robot chassis is home made and not in perfect alignment. I have placed 6 axis motion sensor on top of ...
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Geodetic effect and Frame dragging
Two gyroscopes pointing perpendicular to each other were housed inside Gravity Probe B which performed polar orbit around Earth to test Einstein's theory of relativity.
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Can gyroscope work in zero gravity?
Most ships have two or more gyroscopes to balance on water, man made satellites uses gyroscope for orientation as they fall around earth. All these applications seems to be associated with gravity, ...
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Space Rocket Lift Efficiency and the Gyroscope?
I'm no physicist apart from basic 3d web animation, I'm just curious and please feel free to correct my misuse of terms or inadequate speculations.
I've been reading a lot on gyroscopes and ...
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