Vladislav Tukhvatullin, an inventor from Bashkiria, has patented a design that he proposes to use as a gyroscopic propulsion system. The system consists of rotating discs arranged in a circle and connected to a central mass. The author suggests that changing the axes of rotation will allow the structure to move in space.
The patent description states that the discs should be launched smoothly and rotate around their axes. When the axes are acted upon, gyroscopic moments arise, which, according to the author, can be used to move the central part of the system.
The design is intended for movement along all three coordinates. To increase power, the author proposes combining individual annular systems into a larger structure.
The description does not end there. The patent also claims the possibility of using such a system to control gravity, generate gravitational effects, and achieve anti-gravity.
What physics says here
The gyroscopic effect itself is quite real. A rotating disc has angular momentum, and when the direction of its axis changes, a gyroscopic moment arises. This principle has long been used in stabilization and orientation control systems.
But gyroscopic moment is not equal to translational thrust.
If the discs, rings, drives, and central mass are within one closed mechanism, the forces arising between them are internal. They can cause individual parts of the structure to move relative to each other and change its orientation, but this does not in itself imply acceleration of the center of mass of the entire system.
This is where the main question arises for the proposed propulsion system: how does the system receive an external impulse for translational motion?
Such a mechanism is not visible in the patent description. A simple change in the direction of the axes of rotation is not enough to create constant thrust. For a closed system to move in free space, an exchange of momentum with the external environment is necessary, or the ejection of part of the mass, radiation of energy, or another physical mechanism for such an exchange.