How Do Gyroscopes Lift Themselves Up?

I show you on odd phenomenon that occurs in certain situations with a gyroscope.
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[@TheActionLab]

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[@halbedelstein-missiongitar3030]

I bought it 3 Month ago. Cool product. Nice vendor.

[@terryowens3860]

Can you explain or show what a gyroscope does without gravity?

[@marvelgamer2565]

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[@MattH-wg7ou]

Great, now I have to spend 100 bucks on a new toy. But I spent $80 on a ruby tipped all brass Prometheus Top years ago which I still play with to this day so...

[@bubblezovlove7213]

Dear Action lab dude, (or anyone that can help) I have bought myself one of those nice chunky gyroscopes recently. I'm currently using a Dremel with a custom made rubber bit about the diameter of a penny. BUT.... the gyro, beautifully made as it is, could obviously spin faster than a Dremel.... What do you use? Are you aiming higher too? How fast can you get it going by hand? I figured I might have to make a jig to hold it while I spin it up if I get going any faster then a Dremel..... 😎😎😎 Thanks in advance, anyone that can help... 👍😁

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What are u talking about he is our teacher just not in school

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To be honest, It took me a while to like him. Luckily, his content was always just interesting enough for me to click the video. He always seems to have a video up that helps me explain how something works when my kids ask me. Eventually, I succumbed and warmed up to his fantastic content and his cold, robotic public persona.

[@epidemist7039]

Me too

[@epidemist7039]

@@MrsBradleyCooper that is just weird

[@jeaniebird999]

For years, my father was convinced that he could invent a "ufo" (now called drones) with gyroscopes because he noticed that his prototype actually lost a little bit of weight, when placed on a scale. He also believed the earth was flat, among other things, and died claiming all science was bullshit...

[@truestopguardatruestop164]

Science is just what gives the most clever explaination to the data we are in possess. Eventually what we know will become obsolete and who knows if your father was right about using gyroscopes for flying objects..

[@WeighedWilson]

Science *is* bullshit. Well, it is of you think its every settled. We discover new minutia about settled science every day. Edit: emboldened is

[@Soulsphere001]

@@WeighedWilson Actually, the fact that it's flexible makes it the opposite of bullshit. Imagine if theories were thought to be one hundred percent accurate and could never be modified.

[@EkardRimidalv]

@@WeighedWilson Wow

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@@WeighedWilson OK now shut up

[@AGlimpseInside]

Who else wants to know where we can get this awesome gyroscope

[@Fine_art_aerial]

Been searching ebay but cant find it lol

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Pick me!! I would just like the drawings, I'm a machinist wink wink

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@@lockabar JP Games seems to be a re-seller, though it's possible this is a personal design.

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@@lockabar LOL and now sold out ... Post a hour old and you sold them out they owe you a kick back i think LOL

[@gunhasirac]

Gyro experiments are one of the bests. It does so many thing unexpected and it’s just interesting to play with it. Perception, self correction, persists direction without any friction (except on axis), direction and speed of perception in different situation, holding a gyro on a spinning chair, alter rotation inertia during rotation, and so on. All these can be easily explained by angular momentum, but still counter-intuitive nature of it makes it amazing.

[@DANGJOS]

This was fascinating! However, it's definitely one of those I'll have to watch again and think about to really grasp it.

[@jaredf6205]

I think you should also check out how they work in the first place which this video doesn’t mention at all.

[@DANGJOS]

@@jaredf6205 I learned the physics in introductory and intermediate Classical Mechanics class. I'd have to review it, but the University doesn't really give you intuition anyway. You have to think about it on your own for that. I haven't done that too much.

[@yaka2490]

I love this and i really pleased you have commented on the fact this isnt well taught! its an area of great interest to me in my current project and i hope i can share my results with you in the future. thankyou for another great demo

[@zzstoner]

The gyroscope was indeed awesome. During the video I was wondering... where could I get one like that... and then... realize it may have been hand-made.

[@surkh]

Honestly I think a lot of people would probably pay a pretty penny for one!

[@DavidKennyNZL]

I WANT. Count me in!

[@pergt269]

I've been looking for this exact explanation for the gyroscope for YEARS!! Thank you so much for creating this video explaining the effect of the gyroscope external forces 🙌❤❤❤ wasn't able to get this explanation anywhere else 😢

[@greatPretender79]

I was a little disappointed you didn't put it in the vacuum chamber, but I think I remember you doing a similar experiment in an earlier video. The time increase wasn't significant.

[@tartartartartar2731]

Link?

[@westonding8953]

It probably won’t make any difference. Sucking the air might disrupt it more.

[@rickcarson9423]

I really enjoy your demonstrations. Thank you!

[@calholli]

That's because the air resistance is already so low that there isn't much to gain by getting rid of it.

[@loganthesaint]

Friction will be humanities weakness

[@hyperkaizoku8316]

If he was my physics teacher in high school, I'd already discovered the 5th dimension. Seriously, this channel teaches me more than the 18 years of study in High School and Colleges❤

[@Impatient_Ape]

Yeah, I didn't learn about the full dynamics of how gyroscopes work until my "Classial Mechanics" course in grad school. Undergrad only really spends about 10-15 minutes of class time talking about how the precession is the result of a torque = dL/dt. Good job.

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[@westonding8953]

This was a difficult topic to teach. Really great work Dr. Orgill!

[@PhysicsHack]

Fantastic demonstration! Love it! :)

[@konoveldorada5990]

Gyroscope: *I'm spinning.* Helikopter: *Hold my Fan.*

[@luke2642]

This is best illustrated with a spinning balanced sea-saw with a weight on one side and the gyro fixed on the other. The weight end goes up when you turn the sea-saw one way, the gyro when you turn it the other.

[@comment.highlighted]

It’s great to learn new things. Thank you 😊

[@sethchapman8001]

that is by far the coolest gyroscope I have ever seen.

[@mcmaschio]

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[@jamesjohnston9319]

Using superconducting magnetic coupling alongside a gyroscope could produce some really interesting effects

[@alankritsrivastava4216]

You sound smart

[@jamesjohnston9319]

@@alankritsrivastava4216 Just kinda happens when you're smart tbh

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[@westonding8953]

Interesting idea. Spinning a gyroscope that is suspended by superconductors on a magnetic field or spinning a superconductor and putting a suspended object on top. There are many possible variations of this.

[@jamesjohnston9319]

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[@DukeEllision329]

Thank you for sharing examples of counterintuitive physics.

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[@What_The_Fuck_Did_I_Just_Watch]

it's weird that rises up when it's slowing down instead of rising when accelerating

[@3dy441]

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[@erraticToaster92]

After getting a gyroscope today, I said to myself, This is exactly the kind of thing the Action Lab would make a video on. And you have! Thank you! Alway love your in-depth explanations.

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[@TXHEN1]

And she said to me; "Don't ever stop the procession baby!"

[@movelikejaeger1914]

Gyroscopes are crazy machines. For myself some of the behavior feels counter intuitive, and it never fails to give me a little wow effect seeing it work its magic.

[@the101dad]

One thing you missed in precession is any touch on the precession is also felt 90 degrees later which is what we have in the case of Helicopter rotors. The hydraulics are actually setup up 90 degrees to the left or right, depending on direction of rotation.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

That's cool. I like how you make this science stuff easy to understand.

[@davidj.p]

@theactionlab does your friend sell these gyroscopes? this is so amazing I would love to own one.

[@ernestoterrazas3480]

Fabulous experiment, fabulous explanation . Congratulations super interesting thank you Very much.

[@namesurename3441]

They can be gravity neutral if massive. You are one of my fav dudes ever

[@spiderdude2099]

It’s crazy to think that in no uncertain terms, this is exactly what the earth does in space, just on a massive scale. In fact the act of procession will move the location of the Celestial North Pole over thousands of years. In fact in about 50,000 years, the North Star will no longer be Polaris, but the much brighter star “Vega” in the constellation Lyra

[@havochvac357]

What if you attach a gyroscope to another gyroscope and spin at opposing rotations

[@magnusandersen8898]

I thought I already knew how a gyroscope works, but I was wrong. Very cool video

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

0:55 putting a piece of tape on the top would make it more clear that it's spinning if it needs balanced put two piece on at exactly parallel points. you could also use a sharpie to do the same thing but the tape would allow you to take it off.

[@ErnieTheDachshund]

This man is a wizard. HE KNOWS SO MUCH!

[@perjohanaxell9862]

I would have loved a little bit deeper explanation of the forces involved in this. Especially since its so counterintuitive.

[@Flopsaurus]

Yeah the whole thing felt so abstract without him actually discussing the forces/torques

[@AlexDeGruven]

I feel like this is a similar effect to the saddle-shape that keeps the ball centered when spinning.

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This person deserves to be an international school teacher... There is even practical knowledge and stuff. Not just writing and memorizing formulas that don't make sense... But it depends, whether the goods are expensive or not. If it's rich, it's free... :)

[@resina_tabasco]

Can this be atempted with a magnetic leviting gyro in a small vacum chamber? Is it posible? Does it make any difference?

[@saurabh_1001]

Great video. Can you do a video on a top that inverts on its own when we spin it the correct way pls. I just don't get how it works

[@RandomGarageUSA]

Considering the 'right hand rule' of rotating vector force, what physically happens when you spin the gyroscope in the opposite direction?

[@rxotmfrxotmf8208]

A gyroscope is a beautiful instrument that has always fascinated me, especially the large ones that resemble a bicycle wheel. There seems be some inherent connection with Mach's Principle.

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[@alan2here]

but also … Helping the precession speeds up the spinning, it's really impressive.

[@avgamer9829]

action lab can you please post an experiment video today or tomorrow? i actually need it for research in a project. As you had mixed the water and oil with the vacuum chamber by degasifying it, can you boil it too like 115* celcius to find out if the miscible liquids separate by the boiling of water turning into steam and rising by the process of simple distillation. Can you please consider this and find out the boiling point of degasified water and if distillating it doesnt burn the oil. And can you please do it till the end of today? Thanks a lot

[@scorp18121982]

That was just awesome. I'm pretty sure we're missing something there, that would eventually make the gyroscope lift off ;P

[@binu.l.g5232]

Hi Action lab, could you please do a video about flowing smoke or 'cold smoke.

[@charlesvanneste2834]

The real question is where did the centripetal force go? You'll notice that as the gyroscope on the string is precessing, the string remains completely still, yet all the mass should be at the gyroscope (that string should be wiggling everywhere but it doesn't). The center of mass looks like it is at the center of the string. I find this an amazing effect that is almost entirely overlooked.

[@jeffreycoe1665]

Equilibrium of rotational forces/torque exceeds the gravitational force pulling downwards due to speed of rotation.

[@volvo09]

That stainless gyroscope is nice.

[@sonnenklang6925]

Thanks !!!! Through your video i got the sudden realisation that this must be a possible unseen mode of the spinning ballchainloop and yes it works u can suspend a chain 100% horizontal only with a wheel that powers it and a rotation to keep the precession going... i believe i found something new here .. made a video u can find on my channels latest videos, cant post link here gets deleted..

[@MeOKMeO]

Indeed gyroscope is a very simple thing the torque of downward tilting acceleration by gravity acted on the lower part of the gyroscope causing a velocity of downward direction acting on the lower part, which then get spinned up to the other position opposing the further tendency of the downward movement of the overall newly lowerpart of the gyroscope, thus maintaining the position of precession at the balanced state of the spinning speed on renewing different parts position of the gyroscope and the downward torque.

[@sharonsabu365]

I read somewhere that they just recite encouraging words to themselves to lift themselves up.

[@D-B-Cooper]

Participation trophies.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Hmm… something like a helicopter stabilizer bar could balance the spin and precession forces to lock the gyro at a desired angle.

[@tejas7110]

when water is added to brime solution will the water flow over the solution or dissolve in it

[@flufflesss]

Nice, thank you for sharing

[@marsdeimos4301]

I'm sorry, I like your videos immensly but this time I feel like this one raises more questions than it answers. Since all the parts of the gyroscope appeared to be very finely machined stainless steel, it's very hard to see which parts of it spin, when do they spin, how fast they spin in relation to each other, and what kind of bearing is there between them and how that friction comes into the equation, if at all. Speaking of friction, I watched the video several times, and besides my confusion about friction of what against what causes what, all I heard was what the friction causes, and no deeper explanation as to *why* is does so.

[@Tailspin80]

Good, now could you explain the physics? In mathematical terms. It must be to do with transfer of energy between the spinning top, the processing top and the potential energy (the height of the centre of gravity), with energy being lost through bearing friction and air resistance.

[@retalbtaylor370]

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[@jamess.931]

Should haven drawn a few lines on the top of that gyro, would have made the visual alot easier to see for the viewer

[@josiahstanley9291]

Im glad you are on the gyroscope subject. There is a company that makes them for small to medium boats that stabilizes in waves. I am wondering if you think it's possible to have a gyroscope in an off road trophy truck that prevents nose dives. I think it's reasonable and could get us video game like stability.

[@daytonoglesby4311]

I had a similar idea with small planes to prevent nose dives, yours is most likely more reasonable though!😂

[@chitlitlah]

Wait, what? A gyroscope large enough to stabilize a boat? It seems like that would have to be very large and prohibitively expensive. For an offroad truck, one of those that ramps hills like in motocross, I would think you wouldn't want that. You want the truck to easily tilt back as it's going from flat ground to the base of a hill, and then you want it to tilt forward gradually as it's floating through the air so that it doesn't land on its ass. I've had enough dirt bikes to know that landing with the front wheel way up in the air isn't ideal even if you're landing on flat ground. It also seems like the truck might try to roll to the left or right (just like in the video) as forces influence it to tilt forward or backwards. I picture the truck launching off the hill leaning to one side and then landing on the opposite side, though that may be a bit dramatic.

[@PuerRidcully]

Aren't the spinning wheels working somewhat like that? I think the car tips forward when you brake and stop the wheels from spinning forward.

[@Mikaci_the_Grand_Duke]

Very nice explanation, however a bit shame that you show no drawing to explain the forces. I think a bit of that kind of illustration is always helpful.

[@alexanderscott3647]

I was going to ask where i could get a gyro like that! I'm sure that they would sell great. Fantastic video. my first experience with a gyro was when my brother made one climb a string when I was 4 yrs.

[@Shokuhin]

Wait but if the spinning slows down, wont the precession become more dramatic because there is less velocity that offsets the g force

[@mehmetali4626]

Could you try this adv. gyroscope in vacuum chamber? and compare the fall down times?

[@san4th]

my brain is spinning exactly like that gyro

[@keithstirling7235]

So are you saying that it's not the energy of the rotating gyroscope that is used in Precession, but the static force of gravity (since in perfect frictionless conditions it would not keep getting lower)?

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I love this channel so much

[@Astromath]

Please tell me where to buy a gyroscope like the first one shown in the video. I found a few on Amazon but they were all rated as bullsh*t

[@markmatthews1802]

But if gyroscopes always precis, how do gyro compasses work? Aren't they always supposed to point to the geographical north pole?

[@user-xj8wy4uu1q]

Even without friction between the gyroscope and the string, the string would twist enough that the precession slows ,felling the gyroscope

[@aayushde8257]

Can you make a video on how will our space look like when fully emptied!!! Plz make a video on it

[@pineapplekrak6473]

Do you have a video on demonstration of gravity at work w different items?

[@NC_Isro_64]

Yes

[@sergal2]

If your friend David can make this gyroscope from opposite pole magnets on base, that gyroscope in vacuum potentially can rotate forever

[@plutoplanet4275]

How do these mechanics apply to planetary procession?

[@thewrongpriorities]

Gyro's are dope. Thanks for the video

[@u_luana.j]

So as the friction is applied on top, the gyroscope stands up but in the end will it fall down due to lack of torque compared to gravity?

[@Sameerthakur4817]

Obviously

[@kwmcgreal]

Where can you buy one of those gyroscopes?

[@johnburgess2084]

Very interesting. How well does it work in the ideal case of NO friction on the spinning bearing? Specifically I'm referring to powered gyroscopes, like used in airplanes' artificial horizon in decades past, or the Apollo capsule gyros. Is there a difference between a powered gyro that overcomes friction, and one with theoretically perfect bearings with no friction?

[@arielhermoso4262]

@johnburgess : Maybe, the gyro designer used a magnetic bearing, so almost no "surface-to-surface" contact transpired between those concerned moving parts... Hence, longer time for rotation, before it come to a complete halt... The American NASA group hinted, in the 60's decade, that they used a "liquid helium" as a bearing system, for the gyroscope gadget of their rocketships, used in outerspace exploration, experiments, etc.. The gyroscope effect + very efficient bearing system, was the SECRET for a "near 95% efficient", HYBRID type, power Genset- thats why, the media & school sector was tight lipped (power moguls directives??..) - when it comes to the design of the very elusive vision, the "near perpetual machine" dream fulfillment... Gyroscope principle + angular momentum + "fricrionless system", was the secret contraptions, used by the Almighty Creator God (John 1:3 & Hebrew 1:3 & Genesis 1-2 chap.) - in running those myriads of planets, circumnavigating around the sun, non-stop, in "perpetual motion", for thousands, millions of years...

[@josefaction6982]

awesome lesson!! :D

[@Quantum_Mathematics]

If it is spinned fast as it weights it will levitate in mid air nullating gravity to 0 with motion differential.

[@MegaScorpio43]

I thought that was called Angular Momentum when a spinning object stay up like that as when using a bicycle wheel?

[@kevin780313]

thank you ! even though i still don't understand how it work no matter how many vids I watched.

[@1tubevman]

How about a gyroscope that only spins in the center so the top and bottom don't spin?

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Others: you are still seeing vidoes from this channel after all this time ? Me: Always ( As usual the video was excellent have learnt it properly now !! )

[@gregorycross612]

Very interesting! I want one!

[@zaphodbeeblebrox2817]

Do you think gyroscopic forces play a part in the chain fountain's spirals?

[@truestopguardatruestop164]

Curious

[@KaliFissure]

👍 I've been a STEAM educator my whole life pretty much and the very elementary first principle almost crude way is just so perfect. No dis. That a principle can be shown with minimal and familiar rather than specialized tools that is best imho. This show had totally been an inspiration while I've been working on my TOE. Neutron decay cosmology.

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ㅤ i love STEAM

[@WeighedWilson]

I love TOE's

[@Qaptyl]

@@WeighedWilson same oh wait it was a joke?

[@grim.reaper]

Where can I buy that 2nd high quality gyroscope

[@MrVibrating]

Can you also show that the increase in GPE is equal to the decrease in RKE?

[@yssk07]

Will a suspended fan ( immersed in water) rotate automatically with boiling water

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

So how do you balance the effects in a navigational gyroscope so that it doesn't drift over time?

[@4tune8chance65]

Really really good bearings. But basically you measure the errors, and feed an electric current into a torque motor in the 'opposite' direction so to speak. Don't get me started on correcting for Earth latitude, Earth rotation, Gimbal lock, schuler tuning,..... it's a long list.

[@BirgitP4r2]

Where can I get that gyroscope?

[@adb012]

Why do I suddenly NEED to have a thing that 5 minutes ago I didn't even know it existed?

[@planetphatness]

This is how bicycles function