Effects of sawtooth wave on a gyroscope

[Alex Kostko]

Hello. I'm looking for an advice in constructing a model where sawtooth modulated mechanical frequency perpendicularly applied to a rotating disc(gyroscope). Thought: the slow rise of the sawtooth will be less resisted by rotating disk than the quick drop. Thanks

 

[stedwards]

Thought: the slow rise of the sawtooth will be less resisted by rotating disk than the quick drop. Thanks

You appear to think that the spinning disk will present more inertia to axial motion than a non-spinning disk. To first order, it won't. Treat the gyro as a solid mass centered on the axis.