PASCO ME-8960 DEMONSTRATION GYROSCOPE - Manual (Page 9)

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012-05327B Demonstration Gyroscope
included 900g
counterweight
ME-8960
Demonstration
Gyroscope
gyroscope axle
(part of ME-8960)
ME-8960 DEMONSTRA
TION
GYROSCOPE
ME-8961 Additional Gyroscope Disk
Using the Additional Gyroscope Disk
➀
Slide the included 900g counterweight onto the
long side of the gyroscope axle and tighten the
thumbscrew. ➁
Put the Additional Gyroscope Disk on the other end
of the gyroscope axle with the pulley side of the
disk facing away from the center of the gyroscope
apparatus. Secure the disk in place with the sup-
plied thumbscrew. See Figure 4.
Figure 4: Using the Additional Gyroscope Disk
additional
gyroscope disk
add-on mass
(part of ME-8960)
thumbscrew (part of
ME-8960)