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Physics Demo: Gyroscopic Forces

781 panckakebro9  2.7 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on panckakebro9's Physics Demo: Resonance #1

Explaining gyroscopic forces with math is stupid, so I made this demo. This exposes the internal forces inside a spinning wheel. Camera 1 shows gyroscopic torque, and Camera 3 shows precession. This wheel is made of disconnected mass blocks, and form a semi transparent ring when spinning (vtol input). This ring can be seen tilting in responce to accelerating the wheel around a hinge (pitch input), mimicking gravitational acceleration. The wheel produces no gyroscopic forces since the wheel is not solid. In a real gyroscope, the stiffness of a solid wheel resists where the mass blocks of the demo's wheel want to go (the tilt), creating gyroscopic torque and precession.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Physics Demo: Resonance #1
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 21.1ft (6.4m)
  • Length 45.4ft (13.8m)
  • Height 56.7ft (17.3m)
  • Empty Weight 2,206,949lbs (1,001,056kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,206,949lbs (1,001,056kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 439,839.3lbs/ft2 (2,147,483.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 10371

Parts

  • Number of Parts 36
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 134
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    23.0k soldier289

    Interesting

    2.7 years ago
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    I love this! People Dont realize simple planes has a really good physics engine ifg you know how to use it. Also Yeah Math is Stupid

    2.7 years ago