Gyroscope explanation without maths.
Gyroscopic effects are usually described in physics book by means of mathematical derivations. These rarely give an easily visualised physical understanding of the phenomenon. Originally for my own satisfaction I developed an explanation in purely physical terms, although I have no problem with the maths. That would have been in the early 1960s and since then I have used this explanation in articles, books and seminars with universal thanks for clearing up a "mystery" in easily understood terms.
In my post about why we use crowned pulleys( http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/w...-wheels-55770? ) Moby Duck requested that I post the gyro explanation here.
To save a bunch of time typing it here directly, I have uploaded a PDF file of an appendix from my book on motorcycle chassis design (www.tonyfoale.com ) to dropbox. It can be downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/s/xmsewdc84ughc0w/A4.pdf?dl=0