Foucault Gyroscope showing Earth Rotation, version 2
Channel: Scott McPeak Gaming
Date: 2017-01-23

This is another attempt at a Foucault Gyroscope to show the Earth's rotation.  It is based on the design shown in an earlier video, but with a number of improvements.  It is able to show the Earth's rotation, although that signal is mixed in with a few others, as explained in the video.  The device is far from perfect, and I intend to continue to improve it, but it has reached the point where the signal I want to measure is now far enough above the noise floor to be worth sharing.

If you want to see the raw footage (which is pretty boring!), I uploaded it unlisted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDd9Jovv4zk

I also have a video showing a working gyrocompass, which demonstrates the Earth is rotating without needing such a complex gimbal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z291HWPNtc