This problem requires that you have a toy gyroscope available. The purpose of this problem is to make as concrete as
possible the unusual motions of a gyroscope and their analysis in terms of fundamental principles. In all of the following
studies, the effects are most dramatic if you give the gyroscope as large a spin angular speed as possible.
(a) Hold the spinning gyroscope firmly in your hand, and try to rotate the spin axis quickly to point in a new direction.
Explain qualitatively why this feels “funny.” Also explain why you don't feel anything odd when you move the
spinning gyroscope in any direction without changing the direction of the spin axis.
(b) Support one end of the spinning gyroscope (on a pedestal or in an open loop of the string) so that the gyroscope
precesses counterclockwise as seen from above. Explain this counterclockwise precession direction; include sketches
of top and side views of the gyroscope.
(c) Again support one end of the spinning gyroscope so that the gyroscope precesses clockwise as seen from above.
Explain this clockwise precession direction; include sketches of top and side views of the gyroscope.