ritwik, looks like you need to look at conservation of angular momentum. I'm a little rusty but i can point you to a brilliant video lecture where this topic is well explained!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zLy0IQT8ssk
it appears in the first part of the lecture.
hope that helps
mohan
That link simply tells me how to calculate the radius of gyration. Nothing about moments.
What I'm working on is a gyroplane - hence the requirement for tilting.
Thanks :)
Mo
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