Bicycle Wheel Precession

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Bicycle Wheel Precession

Someone holding a bicycle wheel while its holding itself up

PIRA: 1Q50.23

Materials: Bike Wheel

This demo is to show how a gyroscope works. The bike wheel is a spinning "disk" that maintains its orientation while also has the ability to assume any orientation it wants. Hence, it is a gyroscope.