A gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used...
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A HRG gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is the latest[when?] generation of maintenance-free instruments. It uses a hemispherical...
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A fibre optic gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is sometimes part of a ship's set of compasses, which also include a conventional...
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Gyroscope (section Gyrocompass)
indicators, and a rather more complicated device, the gyrocompass. The first functional gyrocompass was patented in 1904 by German inventor Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe...
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Direction determination (section Gyrocompass)
wayfinding. The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass), but indirect methods exist, based on the Sun path (unaided or by using...
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referred to as an Earth sensor. Similar to the way that a terrestrial gyrocompass uses a pendulum to sense local gravity and force its gyro into alignment...
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between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments. It has...
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echo sounder had not been in working condition for two months; and the gyrocompass... had a permanent error of three degrees west. The officer on watch...
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famous for construction, two years after Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. He was known as the "father...
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often a historical magnetic north.[citation needed] If navigating by gyrocompass, the reference direction is true north, in which case the terms true...
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History of the compass (section Gyrocompass)
pendulum, for which he was awarded a Copley Medal by the Royal Society. The gyrocompass was patented in 1885 by Marinus Gerardus van den Bos in The Netherlands...
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principle known as Schuler tuning which is fundamental to the operation of a gyrocompass or inertial guidance system that will be operated near the surface of...
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principles are often also called compasses, i.e. the gyrocompass and GPS-compass. A gyrocompass is similar to a gyroscope. It is a non-magnetic compass...
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gyroscope. Gyroscopic autopilot adjusts control surfaces of the aircraft. Gyrocompass This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gyroscopic...
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and steering. A helmsman relies upon visual references, a magnetic and gyrocompass, and a rudder angle indicator to steer a steady course. The mate or other...
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wayfinding. The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass), but indirect methods exist, based on the Sun path (unaided or by using...
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first deployed by the U.S. Navy in 1938. Another Arma product was a gyrocompass based on technology originally developed by the German company Anschütz...
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overpressure NBC system and fire suppression system, and carries a GPK-59 gyrocompass. The original BMP-1 had a vulnerability in its mine protection scheme...
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autopilot and the artificial horizon. Sperry was the third son of the gyrocompass co-inventor, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, and his wife Zula. Sperry invented...
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North Pole by submarine, he became interested in the concept of the gyrocompass. In 1905 he founded, with Friedrich Treitschke, the company Anschütz...
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A hollow beryllium sphere used in a gyrocompass of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft...
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as if it had suffered a torpedo hit, and both diesel engines and the gyrocompass were disabled. On the night of 3 November 1942, torpedoes detonated the...
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took part in the Pearl Harbor attacks. Ensign Sakamaki's submarine's gyrocompass malfunctioned, causing the submarine to sail in circles at periscope...
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latitude or, for larger maritime vessels can be used to calculate any gyrocompass error that may exist. The other 57 selected stars have daily positions...
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gyrotheodolite (also: surveying gyro) is an instrument composed of a gyrocompass mounted to a theodolite. It is used to determine the orientation of true...
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gyrocompass at the same time as Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe was developing his. Eventually, the rivalry between these two inventors over the gyrocompass...
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department's report of personnel at sick bay, excused from that day's duty. Gyrocompass Logbook "What is Binnacle? - Automotive dictionary and encyklopedia -...
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range 250 km (160 mi) Maximum speed 640 km/h (400 mph) flying between 600 and 900 m (2,000 and 3,000 ft) Guidance system Gyrocompass based autopilot...
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1934 it had been removed. By that year echo sounding equipment and a gyrocompass had been installed on the ship. Morro Castle began her maiden voyage...
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time of 3 minutes, 30 seconds plus the time it took the north-seeking gyrocompass (NSG) to align. The M981 FISTV has been supplanted by the M7 Bradley...
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