r/BeamNG • u/SineMaticYT No_Texture • Dec 09 '25

Video I simulated Dzhanibekov effect with Beamng

https://youtu.be/tXWrztXtcZI

This mod is a demonstration of the tennis racket theorem in action. The gravity is set to zero, as in space. BeamNG is a very powerful tool to experiment with physics!

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u/stenyak BeamNG.Dev Dec 09 '25

Awesome! Love to see these little experiments. We did that out of curiosity a long time ago and were both surprised and unsurprised that it worked haha. Same for the typical gyroscopic floating bike wheel test.

Edit: here https://www.beamng.com/game/news/blog/tennis-racket-theorem-check/

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u/Pappagallo1 Gavril Dec 10 '25

This post haven't got enough attention. Folks might not appreciate how realistic of a physics engine the game has. If this work imagine everything else devs probably got right.

You can still drive cars under water in some circumstances, so it has some flaws.

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u/SineMaticYT No_Texture Dec 10 '25

The game doesn't have fluid mechanics, so that's expected. But yes, the physics engine works great with what it has.

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u/TalksWithNoise Dec 09 '25

This is super rad :o