Bicycle wheel gyro

Function and Applications

Demonstration gyroscope consisting of a wheel with two handle bars and rope pulley for accelleration. To be used for demonstration of conservation of angular momentum with turntable after Prandtl.

Equipment and technical data

• The rim of the wheel is equipped with iron mass pieces for achieving higher angular moments. 
• Indcluding a rope and a pan with fixation for mounting one end of the axis on a table for acceleration of gyroscope.
• Diameter: 500 mm.
• Length of axis: 500 mm.
• Mass: 2390 g.