In school, I had chance to learn about the movement of the gyroscope, its orbits, dynamic energy etc.
However the spinning direction was not referred to.
Recently I played with a spindle, a China made toy. With my surprise, during its movement, the spindle changed its direction from anti clockwise to clockwise and vice versa. I am not sure my observation is correct since it spins so fast.
I recorded this movement into a clip and posted it in Youtube with link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5CSla6_uq4&t=27s
Please watch it and give me comment if I am right or not. Decreasing the speed of the clip in Youtube can be helpful for exact observation.
To say in brief, my question is, can a gyroscope change its rotating direction during movement? In my thinking, it’s very hard to surpass inertia when rotating is in progress
All feedback are welcomed
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