For some while, I have been quite obsessed with spinning tops. My old models were symmetrical tops that spun well but had problems spinning for long. Surprisingly, the best design was the most unbalanced design. Introducing… Hexabyte!
The initial design came from my father but I improved and changed it slightly. My additions included slopes to make it more aerodynamic, stabilizer fins to push the top against the ground, and a huge amount of weight concentrated on one side of the top.
The weight was surprisingly distributed in such a way that it looked like a face!
The theory of its uncommonly long spin was the weight. It wasn’t balanced. The idea was that the imbalance would cause it to swing from side to side, but with a rough surface, it would be able to stay longer than other tops.
The result was a top that “scratched and scrabbled” against the rough surface, and the imbalance kept it spinning for a total of 30 seconds!
A video of its performance. Surprisingly I could only get 21 seconds max, previously the record was 25.
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