🪀 Double Pendulum

A chaotic physics toy. Tiny changes in starting conditions lead to wildly different motion.

Simulation

Same physics every time — chaos comes from the math, not randomness.

Why it's chaotic

The second bob is driven by the first. Small rounding differences compound over time, so the path becomes unpredictable — that's deterministic chaos.

Controls

  • Reset — start the same swing again
  • Pause / Resume — freeze or continue
  • Trail — show the path of the second bob

Physics

Two rods, two bobs. Gravity and coupling create the motion. No randomness — just coupled differential equations.