Wonderful when he unrolls a motor into his Linear Induction Motor used by Maglev Levitating Trains. Laithewaite was an engineer, used to tweaking things till t

Wonderful when he unrolls a motor into his Linear Induction Motor used by Maglev Levitating Trains. Laithewaite was an engineer, used to tweaking things till they worked and then trying to understand & explain them. The fact that a small boy can only lift a heavy gyroscope when it is spinning defies easy explanation - Laithewaite's mistake was claiming this somehow defied Newton's Laws and was reactionless propulsion. Laithewaite's almost childish fascination with the gyroscopic effect is charming and infectious. That moment in this lecture completely destroyed his career.