GATE ME 2026 Set 1 — Question 20

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MCQ+1 / -0.33MediumGyroscope & Gyroscopic CoupleBalancing, Flywheels & GyroscopesTheory of Machines & Vibrations

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The rotor of an aeroplane engine has a mass moment of inertia 1.0 kg m21.0 \text{ kg m}^2. The engine rotates at a speed of 500 RPM500 \text{ RPM} in the clockwise direction if viewed from the front of the aeroplane. If the aeroplane while flying at 1200 km/hr1200 \text{ km/hr} turns with a radius of 2 km2 \text{ km} at same elevation, then the magnitude of the gyroscopic moment exerted by the rotor on the aeroplane structure in N m\text{N m} is
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