If I strapped rocketmotors to a fueled gyroscope in motion would I need less fuel to escape the atmosphere?

Answer 1

The first answer was correct but I give you a star for your thinking, since before Prof. Braithweight died he showed an oscillating gyroscope moving out of its own dimension in a controlled direction. and my thinking has always been that once you escape the Earths gravitation it would be possible to move through space using gyroscopic energy

Answer 2

no escaping the atmosphre is not the problem breaking away from gravetiy is you need to accelerate to 17 000 miles per hour for an average four seater car to do this and the saturn 5 that whent to the moon had to accelerate to 25 000 miles per hour so allthough you will need rocket motors and a gyro the fuel will be detromental to the wieght you want to get off the ground plus the wieght of the fuel

Answer 3

To escape the gravitational pull of the earth you need to put in sufficient energy to achieve the 17,000 mph.

Irrespective of how you apply that energy (by rockets or some other means) the same 17,000 mph is going to be needed.

The only variable is how efficiency the fuel (energy) is converted into propelling the space craft to 17,000 mph.

At the moment the most efficient form of conversion known to be practical is nuclear fission/fusion (bomb) .. see link

Answer 4

Just where are you thinkin of goin to ? ;-)