Recent content by Ben tesoriero

Ive tried to keep it simple and given a simple way to try it for yourself using two angle grinders. Maybe explaining it like this will help. Take two scenarios, in the first a base case, start with both wheels turning at 8000 rpm, ramp the rotation shown as ω in the diagram up from 0 to...

Steady state in this case im meaning constant angular rotation of ω, ie the resulting torques have caused a fixed deflection in the shafts.

Not sure if I’ve represented the resulting torques correctly, you apply a torque to create angular rotation omega, the change in angular momentum directions create opposing torques restrained by the shaft thickness, at steady state there is no motion in the direction of the resulting torques. So...

Sorry i didnt get to post the set up yesterday. Thank you, that is the system.

Ive been trained that energy is conserved, but this appears to disprove it. The prototypes ive built appear to confirm my maths, ive had rather skilled person check it, no one has been able to fault it so far. Hence the reach out to this forum. Id love to know where the energy is going as...

Will do in about 24 hours

True, but if you drive rotation you generate torque ie the precession equation holds true

You are driving the precession so to speak, producing opposing torques.

There is resistance to from each wheel being forced to turn, the resulting torques oppose as angular momentum of each is opposite. Same way as if you do an angular procession demonstration changing the wheel spin direction changes the direction of precession

I built a device designed to brake angular velocity which seems to work based on below, i used a flexible shaft that could bow up and down so i could visually see what was happening for the prototypes. If you spin two wheels in opposite directions each with a magnitude of angular momentum L on...