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From: mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones)
Newsgroups: net.cycle,net.bicycle,net.physics
Subject: Need classroom demonstration gyroscope
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Date: Mon, 31-Mar-86 18:43:08 EST
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I apologize if you feel I'm polluting your group with an inappropriate
article.  There is no "net.teaching-supplies."  :-)

I'm a teaching assistant in a motorcycle rider course accredited by
the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.  During the teaching of the course
it would be extremely useful to have a large gyroscope to demonstrate
the physical principle behind "countersteering" -- the process of
applying pressure to the handlebars in the direction that will force
the motorcycle to lean into a turn.

When I was in junior high, my science teacher demonstrated gyroscopic
forces using what was essentially a bicycle wheel with a pair of
handgrips attached to the axle.  Many other friends from widely
scattered parts of the country have told me they were instructed
with a similar device.

Do you know where I could find one of these?

Please reply by mail.

-- 
Mojo
... Morris Jones, MicroPro Product Development
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