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So, CWatters, if you force a gyroscope to turn in a way it doesn't want to it will speed up the disk? This makes sense and I believe invalidates the idea of using a gyroscope for a brake. It would not be feasible to continue to speed up a disk over long periods of time until it is revolving in...

This is definitely what I'm wondering, from a technical standpoint anyways. From a non-technical standpoint, I'm just wondering how exactly conservation of angular momentum behaves in practice. What happens when a gyroscope is forced to rotate against its axis of rotation? I'm assuming that the...

Hello, I have a question about using the properties of conservation of angular momentum to provide mechanical resistance. Basically, I'd like to create a device that spins a disk similar to a gyroscope. The device has an external input that, depending on the configured orientation of the disk...