To Dr. M and other surveiers,

Professor Ric Legwaite stated that "something unusual" occurredwith gyroscopes. In a demonstration involving a young boy, a gyroscope consistingof a 15-inch steel wheel on the end of a 1-1/2 inch thick, 18 inch longsteel rod was standing on a turntable revolving at a rate of 78 rpm. Theboy confessed that he could not hold up the gyroscope normally, it musthave weighed thirty or forty pounds. The wheel spun with compressed air,and the boy was able to hold it horizontally in front of him (while precessingat about .502 Hz) for a period of about an hour. Since most people can'tdo the math involved with gyroscopes, Professor Legwaite was unable to findhelp at the time, and was generally regarded as a fighter for lost causes.

Professor Legwaite's question: where did the weight of the gyroscope go?

Dr. Markus P. Spanglestein, O.R.I.