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gyro yo yo
added gyro for stability so it doesn't tilt if sent down correctly | |
Yo yo with additional gyro
powered separately and in advance, or powered by excess
push power of downward yo, or ending yo when caught.
If yo yo sent down in correct direction, wont tilt.
Another, simpler, solution would be to use a ribbon rather
than a string. Are there ribbon yo yo's
around?
OK lmgt4u... found it. So back to the gyro.
Ribbon yoyo
http://lmgt4u.com/?...n+yoffy+ribbon+yoyo
I never saw one before [pashute, Mar 13 2011]
[link]
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I'm trying to visualize where the gyro would be. Would it be inside the yoyo core around which the string is spooled, or orbiting around the outside where it would stop the string from unwinding? |
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I would imagine a small flywheel in each side of the yo-yo would do it, each with a one-way clutch (working in opposite directions). That way, no matter which way you yo, one will be running to allow additional stability. Unfortunately I see this having dreadful effects on yo-yo behaviour. |
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I think I have seen ones like that, [screwy]. |
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This sounds far too much like a stripper move to me.
All I see is barely clad woman, swirling on a sort of
string pole, that bounces up and down. That's just
me, you know. |
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rcarty, it doesn't stop the string from unwinding,
it stops the yoyo from tilting, and then the string
getting all tangled because of that. Keeps the
yoyo stable. |
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bliss, why? Please give me a search term that
returns
that kind of an image. Or similar words that give
you
that association to this idea. (And welcome back,
hope it worked out for you) |
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Crap. Scooped again. ][+][
I swear I was just researching the history of yo yo's and trying to find a patent. Then I typed yoyo gyro into the hb search to get here. |
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I don't think that a ratchet mechanism is necessary. [Screwloose] got it right with the flywheels incased in each half of the yo yo.
The spin imparted to each flywheel will remain relatively equal and increase in speed a bit with each toss. The handler could also then increase the rotational rate of one side or the other with flicks of the wrist when casting for bizzare tricks.
In my head it works anyway, for what its worth. +++ |
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//barely clad woman, swirling on a sort of string
pole, that bounces up and down. That's just me//
Wait, what? |
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