Open Physics Sims
Gyroscope precession
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Wheel on a pivot
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Let it go
3
Why it turns
How to use it ↓
Take the support away
Pause
drag the picture to turn it
Spin
Wheel's distance from the pivot
The wheel
spinning
not spinning
Speed
real time
¼ speed
friction at the pivot
Show
L
, angular momentum
τ
, gravity's torque
weight
pivot's force
wheel's path