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How to Combine Multiple Gyroscopes

Anyone who has ridden a motorcycle or bicycle has used gyroscope power. Any spinning wheel in a frame is considered a gyroscope. The conservation of angular momentum principle is what allows the spinning wheel to resist any change in its orientation. This is why it is easier to balance on a motorcycle or bicycle at faster speeds, then balancing on a bicycle when it is stopped. In order to combine gyroscopes, you have to place multiple wheels inside the same frame.

Things You'll Need

12-inch diameter iron ring
180-degree protractor with 12-inch base
Marker
Two 1-inch rods
Grinder
Soldering paste
Soldering iron
Four 2-inch diameter iron rings
Two 9-inch rods
Tape measure

Instructions

- 1
  Set the 12-inch ring on its side. Place the protractor on one side of the 12-inch ring so the base of the protractor rests along the entire diameter or in the middle of the ring. Mark the ring on either side of the protractor.
- 2
  Grind one end of a the 1-inch steel rods down to a point, like sharpening a pencil. Use the soldering iron and paste to solder the flat side of the rod to one mark on the 12-inch ring pointing out. Solder the other 1-inch rod on the other mark on the ring pointing out.
- 3
  Slide two 2-inch steel rings on one of the 9-inch steel rods. Slide the other two 2-inch rings on the other 9-inch steel rod. Set one of the 9-inch rods on the inside of the 12-inch ring. Make sure the rod is perfectly straight and still has the 2-inch rings on it. Use the soldering iron and paste to secure the rod onto the inside of the 12-inch ring. Parallel to the first 9-inch rod you soldered to the larger ring, solder the other 9-inch ring with the other two 2-inch rings.
- 4
  Spin the 12-inch ring on the sharpened tip of the 1-inch rod. The other rings inside the frame will also begin to spin, making this a combined multiple gyroscope.

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