File:Gyroscope wheel-text.png

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DescriptionGyroscope wheel-text.png	Gyroscope flywheel diagram, with text. Rendered using POV-Ray.
Date	4 October 2006 (original upload date)
Source	Own work
Author	Lucas Vieira

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:47, 5 May 2026	1,280 × 960 (106 KB)	Jn.mdel	Changed dots to colour - as black dots did not showup in updated image
	05:38, 5 May 2026	1,280 × 960 (107 KB)	Jn.mdel	Made dots bit bigger
	05:32, 5 May 2026	1,280 × 960 (106 KB)	Jn.mdel	Added a dot in arrowhead for input / output axis - to clarify which direction of input axis rotation pairs with which direction of rotation on output axis
	19:48, 4 October 2006	1,280 × 960 (94 KB)	LucasVB	flipping so it uses the right-hand rule.
	19:08, 4 October 2006	1,280 × 960 (92 KB)	LucasVB	Gyroscope flywheel diagram, with text. Rendered using POV-Ray.