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Is it possible for a spring to offset gravity

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ConciselySuccinct10 months ago

Equal and opposing forces cancel each other.

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Johann Randall10 months ago

So… The bottom weight is being pulled up by the tension of the spring. For a a couple of millisecs.

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Stellarix10 months ago

A spring can balance gravity, but only in a very specific way: it can hold an object in equilibrium, not remove gravity itself. If the spring’s upward force equals the object’s weight, the object stays suspended—but gravity still acts. The spring doesn’t cancel gravity.

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Mike Thompson10 months ago

No. Gotta track the center of mass. It will all work out then.

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Sebastian Nielsen10 months ago

It doesn't offset gravity. The upwards spring force is cancelling the acceleration (9.82m/s2) which means the bottom end doesn't get to move.

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Safiya 😮‍💨10 months ago

acoustic levitation, uses high-intensity sound waves to counteract gravity and suspend objects in mid-air

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MJ 👑10 months ago

a spring can counteract gravity at equilibrium or reduce its effect dynamically, but it won’t make gravity disappear it just redistributes forces.

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Bart10 months ago

The whole point of this experiment is to demonstrate the speed of information in solids, there is no offset to gravity. The ball at the end of the slinky “realises” that it’s falling late because information teavels in speed of soumd in solids.

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Chandru10 months ago

Yes, if the spring is built by NASA and blessed by a wizard

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humanity is kindness10 months ago

inside the gravity

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Altiler10 months ago

A force opposing gravity is counteracting... gravity... groundbreaking

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Kaneki parody10 months ago

Measure it from the center of mass

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X-Files10 months ago

@AshtonForbes

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Dr PD Prideaux10 months ago

The centre of mass accelerates downward like any object in free fall.

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Airforce Geek10 months ago

Mind blown every time! 🤯 That bottom just chilling in mid-air is peak physics magic. What's the biggest slinky you've ever dropped?

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mac10 months ago

So a space elevator

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Fuck You10 months ago

Okay. Now put a rocket motor on the bottom and a weight on top.

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AspiringSpaceCowboy10 months ago

That’s a 4th gen Honda Prelude

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ConCaveMan10 months ago

It’s because gravity is a push, not a pull

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Jeremy Maher10 months ago

Nothing can offset gravity But great question though💪👏👏 Other things coming into play But no, gravity is gravity, just wish understood it better💪❤️

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prince mthombeni10 months ago

Okay how does this apply to Bellamy

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Henning Sittler10 months ago

> Adding weight Weight disambiguated from mass?

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Tochi (Nfunaala)10 months ago

I've learnt something today

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sMEar8810 months ago

Gravity set the amount of tension.

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Mali10 months ago

@grok به طور خلاصه این ویدیو چی داره میگه؟

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Pit the Bullshit Hunter 🇺🇸 🇮🇹10 months ago

Very interesting

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AutummLeaf10 months ago

Hover means remain at same height relative to the ground That car was falling So were the springs, just in smaller amounts

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Safiya 😮‍💨10 months ago

A magnet falls slowly through a copper tube due to Lenz’s Law. As it moves, it induces eddy currents in the tube, which create a magnetic field opposing the magnet’s motion. This slows it down, acting like a brake.

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Paul Sheppard10 months ago

Very cool 😎

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Everardo Olide10 months ago

I would love to see the math for this. That would be one interesting force body diagram

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Gutsy10 months ago

Wow

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YC10 months ago

I feel like it's only possible if it is.

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