# zero center of gravity device

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-center-of-gravity-device/78828>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-center-of-gravity-device/78828 "2001-08-29T23:21:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-center-of-gravity-device/78828/1 "2001-08-29T23:21:25Z")

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While thinking about my screen name, I realised that I don’t know the name of the device that you see at fairs where the rider is attached at his center of gravity into a universal joint and hosed down to make him spin and flip (“gyre & gimbel”).

I Googled. I failed.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-center-of-gravity-device/78828/2 "2001-08-29T23:24:23Z")

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I’ve seen one called a Gyro-gym. Try that.hyphenations.

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-center-of-gravity-device/78828/3 "2001-08-29T23:32:52Z")

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Thanks Padeye. I’ll have to get one for my dream house - it’ll go right between the giant lava lamp sensory deprivation chamber and the hypnotarium.