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(OP)
I am designing a large gyroscope to stabilize a moyorcycle type Vehicle. I have little enginering background so any help would be useful.
my gyro will probably be about 24in in diameter and 20lbs so how much torque would be produced at 6000-10,000 rpm? how is torque effected by weight, rpms, and size?
once in the vehicle should it be solidly connected or movable?
what would be the best way to power it?

thx for any help given
_2cool@alloymail.com

RE: Gyroscope Resources

2cool

Your bike will carry on perfectly upright for ever in a straight line - including when you want to go round bends. Leaning into a bend - which bikes do really well - will do some very strange stuff to your gyro. Look up precession.

Please let me know where you live - I don't want to be there!

John

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Ditto. 20 lbs of metal spinning at 10000 rpm is not anything I'd want to be near, particularly since it's obvious that you have absolutely no means of balancing the platter.  

Motorcycles are quite stable to begin with.  What problem are you trying to solve?

TTFN

RE: Gyroscope Resources

(OP)
The gyro will be housed in a vacume sealed encloser and custom machined by a professional
I am well aware of the risks involved in building such a device and i'm not solving a problem I am just creating a vehicle that is unlike anything else.
I am asking for help designing the gyroscope for this vehicle I need formulas to find the amount of torqe prduced by a certain size gyro with a certain weight at a certain RPM.
thx

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