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Zach7177 01-26-2014 03:01 PM
PPL training
 
Hey guys,

Im currently working on my PPL and doing great and having a blast. Currently 19 with around 50TT hours. Just struggling on a few things on my studies. Really having a hard time understanding the gyro instruments, as far as the "Rigidity" and "precession" work. Just having a hard time picturing how everything works. Just curious if there are some techniques some pilots use during their studies to better help them gather a picture and fully understand how it works.

kingsnake2 01-26-2014 04:39 PM
What my CFI did is bring in a bike wheel on a stick/pole of some sort and spin it. Its much harder to move the pole when it is spinning.

abelenky 01-27-2014 06:53 AM
Originally Posted by kingsnake2 (Post 1567439)
What my CFI did is bring in a bike wheel on a stick/pole of some sort and spin it. Its much harder to move the pole when it is spinning.
Go to a local toy store, and buy a $8 Gyroscope. Play with it a few times, observing how it stays rigid when you move it, and observe how it precesses differently if you spin it clockwise or counterclockwise.

kingsnake2 01-28-2014 04:50 AM
Originally Posted by abelenky (Post 1567746)
Go to a local toy store, and buy a $8 Gyroscope. Play with it a few times, observing how it stays rigid when you move it, and observe how it precesses differently if you spin it clockwise or counterclockwise.
This sounds much more practical lol


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