Gyroscope Time-Pattern Experiment

The gyroscope time-pattern experiment is the core experimental program reported in N. A. Kozyrev's September 1967 paper. It used aviation gyroscopes mounted on lever balances and pendulums to test whether a rotating body experiences additional forces along its axis, as predicted by his causal mechanics.

Participants and sites

The work began in the winter of 1951–1952 with graduate student V. G. Labeysh and was later conducted at the Pulkovo Observatory laboratory with engineer V. V. Nasonov.

Reported results

Vertical-axis tests (no vibration). A gyroscope with rotor diameter D = 4.2 cm, weight Q = 250 g and peripheral speed u = 70 m/sec showed no weight change at various speeds, to better than sixth-place precision. Kozyrev reads this as supporting momentum conservation.

Rotor-driven vibration. A gyroscope with D = 4.6 cm, Q = 90 g, u = 25 m/sec gave a weight difference of −8 mg for counterclockwise rotation (viewed from above); clockwise rotation gave 0; the horizontal-axis azimuth average was −4 mg. After establishing a new zero reading under vibration, counterclockwise rotation gave a weight reduction and clockwise rotation gave a uniform increase (+4 mg). From these data Kozyrev derived C₂ = 550 km/sec, later refined to C₂ = +700 ± 50 km/sec in a left-hand system.

Pendulum check. Filament length l = 2 m, u = 25 m/sec, deflection 0.07 mm, giving a horizontal-force ratio of 3.5 × 10⁻⁵.

Mounting-driven vibration. Kozyrev redesigned the apparatus so that vibration was applied to the stationary mounting rather than the rotor. The sign of the measured weight change reversed: counterclockwise rotation now increased weight. He reads this as a mechanical demonstration that cause and effect can be distinguished — relocating the cause flips the additional force. A pendulum with electromagnetic drive gave l = 3.30 m, u = 40 m/sec, deflection 0.12 mm, with rotor weight Q = 250 g and mounting correction a = 1.50 g.

Quantized stages. The weight changes were reported to appear in jump-like stages ½ΔQ, ΔQ, 2ΔQ, 3ΔQ with vibration frequency; the half-quantum is called unexplained. See Quantized Weight-Change Stages.

Assessment

The text itself concedes that vibration complicates measurement and that results were "not always successful." The reported effects are of the same order as plausible vibration, thermal, electrostatic and air-current artifacts. No independent replication is reported. See Kozyrev Claims vs. Evidence.