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...

A HRG gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is the latest[when?] generation of maintenance-free instruments. It uses a hemispherical...

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...

indicators, and a rather more complicated device, the gyrocompass. The first functional gyrocompass was patented in 1904 by German inventor Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe...

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...

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...

between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments. It has...

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...

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...

often a historical magnetic north.[citation needed] If navigating by gyrocompass, the reference direction is true north, in which case the terms true...

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...

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...

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...

gyroscope. Gyroscopic autopilot adjusts control surfaces of the aircraft. Gyrocompass This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gyroscopic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

autopilot and the artificial horizon. Sperry was the third son of the gyrocompass co-inventor, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, and his wife Zula. Sperry invented...

North Pole by submarine, he became interested in the concept of the gyrocompass. In 1905 he founded, with Friedrich Treitschke, the company Anschütz...

A hollow beryllium sphere used in a gyrocompass of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft...

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...

took part in the Pearl Harbor attacks. Ensign Sakamaki's submarine's gyrocompass malfunctioned, causing the submarine to sail in circles at periscope...

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...

gyrotheodolite (also: surveying gyro) is an instrument composed of a gyrocompass mounted to a theodolite. It is used to determine the orientation of true...

gyrocompass at the same time as Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe was developing his. Eventually, the rivalry between these two inventors over the gyrocompass...

department's report of personnel at sick bay, excused from that day's duty. Gyrocompass Logbook "What is Binnacle? - Automotive dictionary and encyklopedia -...

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...

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...

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...