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You don't. That's because the gyroscopic effect cancels out in that case. But if you use a single spinning wheel you will. I'm just saying that precession isn't
by jules 16y ago
You don't. That's because the gyroscopic effect cancels out in that case. But if you use a single spinning wheel you will. I'm just saying that precession isn't a different effect than the gyroscopic effect; it's a specific case of it. The same forces that cause a wheel to feel like it's hard to turn (i.e. the "gyroscopic effect") cause precession.
I asked:
> Which other spinning wheel effects? [other than the gyroscopic effect]
And he replied:
> Precession
To which I replied that precession is not a different effect. I did not mean to imply that precession happens when you have two wheels spinning in opposite directions, in fact I believe it does not because the forces that cause a single spinning wheel to precess cancel out if you have two wheels spinning in opposite directions.