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Subject: gyroscopic reels
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 15:19:53 EDT
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From: king@Kestrel.ARPA

As the fullness of a reel increases its moment increases and its
angular velocity decreases.

We have two degrees of freedom: hub diameter and moment of an empty
reel.  It seems likely to me that e can make any variations in the
angular momentum third-order.  I'll do the math when I'm less busy...