Does the Laithwaite Gyroscopic Weight Loss have Propulsion Potential?” presented at

Prof. Laithwaite had demonstrated gyroscopic weight loss of a 50 lb motorcycle wheel. His fellow professors specializing in rotational mechanics were unable to discover the theoretical mechanisms for it. NASA’s experiments, however, did not produce any measurable results. A comparison of the two experiments revealed substantial differences, thus reopening this issue. If a gyroscope can lose weight, under what conditions is it observable, and what are possible theoretical explanations for such an effect? The purpose of this paper is to make available publicly, a through and reasoned, deconstruction and analysis, of what Prof. Laithwaite had observed. Primarily because, both sides, the yea and the nay sayers, have not made their analysis available to peer scrutiny. This research uses a structured approach to compare a gravitational field with a centripetal force field to determine the key experimental parameters, which may account for differences between the experiments. Sufficient experimental evidence is presented to confirm that the Laithwaite Gyroscopic Weight Loss is genuine, and not due to gyroscopic forces. Two theoretical approaches, curvature and gradient, within the context of Special Relativity and Principle of Equivalence, are presented to explain weight loss. Does the Laithwaite Gyroscopic Weight Loss have propulsion potential? More experiments are required to calibrate this behavior as it is difficult to differentiate between gravitational buoyancy and thrust. Further research will shed light on whether these results will impact theoretical (Ning Li) and experimental work (Podkletnov & Nieminen, and Hayasaka & Takeuchi)