Rigid Body with Fixed Axis and Gyroscopes

This lecture covers the concept of gyroscopes, focusing on gyroscopic effects and their applications in aeronautics. It explains how gyroscopes maintain their orientation in space and resist changes in direction. The history of gyroscopes, their invention as an alternative to Foucault's pendulum, and their use in aeronautics are discussed. The lecture also delves into the precession of a bicycle wheel and the dynamics of a rotating thin bar. The effects of gyroscopic motion on a spinning wheel and the conservation of angular momentum are explored through various experiments, including the precession of a bicycle wheel and the motion of a spinning top.