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From: bet@ecsvax.UUCP (Bennett E. Todd III)
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Subject: Re: Question... [On tilt-meters in off-road vehicles]
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Another thought about gyroscopic properties of this system -- the
gyroscopic behavior of the vehicle as a whole is probably insignificant
considering how slowly it is revolving, but the gyroscopic behavior of
the *wheels* is probably significant. My first guess would be that the
gyroscopic behavior of wheels would tend to stabilize the vehicle
against rolling, but I can't seem to visualize the vectors -- intro
physics was too long ago.

-Bennett
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Bennett Todd -- Duke Computation Center, Durham, NC 27706-7756; (919) 684-3695
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