Gyroscopic roll torque in a turning vehicle
ID: gyroscopic-roll-torque-in-a-turning-vehicle
A flywheel's spin angular momentum must turn with the vehicle. The vehicle supplies torque to maintain this precession, and experiences the opposite reaction torque. With right-handed axes forward, left and up, a left turn has . A transverse flywheel with then produces body torque , opposing outward roll. Its magnitude is for turn radius . Reversing the flywheel reverses the effect.
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