Ok how about inertial forces due to gyroscopic precession?
In any case there was a lot of energy stored up in the spinning vanes 
and motor.  It was lucky nobody was in the way when the pump flew across 
the room tearing off the motor power cable and roughing pump line in the 
process.

Joe


Ken Dunn wrote:

>Could one replace "precession forces" with inertia?  I've never heard the term
>precession force.
>
>
>On 9/1/05, Joe Street < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>    He turned it sideways and the precession forces crashed the bearing.  That
>pump didn't stay in his hand for long......
>    Joe
>
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