Im looking for plans for a gryoscope

[gunboatbay]

Back in what us old farts refer to as 'the good old days', the gyroscopic instruments in our aircraft had gyroscopes driven by vacuum. Normally the vacuum was provided by an engine driven pump, but an emergency backup source was provided by the use of a venturi mounted on he outside of the fuselage. After landing and engine shutdown, you could hear the gyroscope running for what seemed like ages. Possibly, you could scour some of the older surplus stores a find one of these instruments to use as a model.

[Bill Shields]

Driven BY a vacuum or operating IN a vacuum?

IN a vacuum is one of the things Sperry did back in 'old fart' days

[dly31]

I don't know what the exact arrangement was but I do know that vacuum DRIVEN gyros were the norm in aircraft instruments for a long time and many are still in service.

Don Young

[RCW]

If I remember correctly, there were little "cups" on the rim. Should be pretty simple with end-mill cutter.

[mklotz]

Once you get your gyroscope built, see if you can make it into a gyrocompass. The concept is described here...

http://ed-thelen.org/SperryManual.html

[ken572]

737mechanic

Very Cool Father Son Project..

These might be of Interest:
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The Gyroscope 1958 (269p)
https://archive.org/details/TheGyroscope
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Effects of angular vibration on the performance of a single
-degree -of-freedom integrating gyroscope 1960 (236p)
https://archive.org/details/effectsofangular00haff
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Problems of rotary motion presented by the gyroscope, the
precession of the equinoxes, and the pendulum 1873 (94p)
https://archive.org/details/problemsofrotary00barnrich
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The Sperry gyro-compass 1920 (60p)
https://archive.org/details/sperrygyrocompas00sperrich
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Spinning tops.
The "Operatives' lecture" of the British Association
meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890 -1910 (172p)
https://archive.org/details/spinningtopsoper00perruoft
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An elementary treatment of the theory of spinning
tops and gyroscopic motion 1909 (170p)
https://archive.org/details/elementarytreatm00crabiala
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Physics I- Classical Mechanics -
Two Dimensional Rotational Kinematics 1910 (21p)
https://archive.org/details/flooved3307
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EDIT/UPDATE:
FREE Gyroscope Plans and Info
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http://www.gyroscopes.org/forum/questions.asp?id=790
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http://www.gyroscopes.org/propulsion.asp
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http://aeroquad.com/content.php?s=d7077 ... 5e6d72d991
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http://ultralight-airplanes.info/gyrocopters.com

Enjoy.

Ken.

[refinery mike]

I had a relative who made a gyroscope out of the flywheel off of a hay bailer. Then he cut up a car to put it in. It only had two wheels side by side. The gyro kept it up when it moved. Not practicle for anything but parrades. but a real attention getter.

[redneckalbertan]

I don't suppose you have pictures of that car, do you Mike?

[Rex]

I had a relative who made a gyroscope out of the flywheel off of a hay bailer. Then he cut up a car to put it in. It only had two wheels side by side. The gyro kept it up when it moved. Not practicle for anything but parrades. but a real attention getter.

That scares me just thinking about !

Sounds more like a flywheel-inertia-propelled car than a gyroscope.

[ken572]

I had a relative who made a gyroscope out of the flywheel off of a hay bailer. Then he cut up a car to put it in. It only had two wheels side by side. The gyro kept it up when it moved. Not practicle for anything but parrades. but a real attention getter.

Mike
Can you make a video of it, and Share It With Us

Ken.

[Patio]

A gyro car!
http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/ ... hilovs.htm

[ken572]

A gyro car!
http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/ ... hilovs.htm

Good Morning Pat

Very Cool Find

Ken.