When you park "IT", does it wander around a bit trying to remain stationery in space or does it somehow reference the current earth position? John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Fosdick" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Did someone think? > Jinx wrote: > > In fact, I heard a man on the talkback this morning who expanded > > on simple gyros. You start with a gyro spun at high speed. The > > container that the gyro is in is spun at high speed at 90 degrees > > to the rotation of the inner gyro. Then the whole is spun at 90 degrees > > to that (ie spinning in the X Y and Z axes), all in a vacuum to reduce > > friction and power input. His claim (he says is backed and supported > > by engineers world-wide) is that the end effect is levitation > > That sounds a lot like the multi-axis chair that astronauts train on, or at > least used to. They had a version of it at Space Camp when I went eons ago. I > don't remeber it levitating. Although I did notice some odd sensations, maybe > that was levitation and I didn't realize it at the time. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics