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... 26 KB (4,428 words) - 05:08, 1 March 2024 |
A HRG gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is the latest[when?] generation of maintenance-free instruments. It uses a hemispherical... 2 KB (226 words) - 13:38, 16 October 2023 |
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... 3 KB (339 words) - 14:41, 27 November 2023 |
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... 51 KB (5,957 words) - 22:47, 10 May 2024 |
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... 30 KB (4,009 words) - 20:02, 10 April 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,946 words) - 13:37, 3 January 2024 |
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... 43 KB (5,844 words) - 22:56, 19 April 2024 |
between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments. It has... 12 KB (1,190 words) - 15:40, 11 April 2024 |
gyrocompass at the same time as Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe was developing his. Eventually, the rivalry between these two inventors over the gyrocompass... 2 KB (177 words) - 23:16, 4 May 2023 |
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... 56 KB (7,310 words) - 01:33, 25 March 2024 |
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... 2 KB (210 words) - 07:21, 21 October 2023 |
gyroscope. Gyroscopic autopilot adjusts control surfaces of the aircraft. Gyrocompass This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gyroscopic... 594 bytes (112 words) - 10:30, 6 August 2020 |
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... 12 KB (1,492 words) - 12:09, 2 May 2024 |
often a historical magnetic north.[citation needed] If navigating by gyrocompass, the reference direction is true north, in which case the terms true... 15 KB (1,957 words) - 10:44, 17 April 2024 |
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... 33 KB (3,965 words) - 13:57, 25 April 2024 |
North Pole by submarine, he became interested in the concept of the gyrocompass. In 1905 he founded, with Friedrich Treitschke, the company Anschütz... 2 KB (130 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2023 |
magnetic compasses and normal gyrocompasses become inaccurate. A special gyrocompass built by Sperry Rand was installed shortly before the journey. There... 35 KB (3,405 words) - 03:32, 20 April 2024 |
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... 38 KB (4,645 words) - 00:52, 5 April 2024 |
A hollow beryllium sphere used in a gyrocompass of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft... 92 KB (9,944 words) - 07:18, 30 April 2024 |
took part in the Pearl Harbor attacks. Ensign Sakamaki's submarine's gyrocompass malfunctioned, causing the submarine to sail in circles at periscope... 7 KB (590 words) - 00:37, 1 January 2024 |
System receiver, with other electronic navigation sensors, such as a gyrocompass or rate of turn indicator. Vessels fitted with AIS transceivers can be... 75 KB (9,512 words) - 23:37, 27 April 2024 |
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... 3 KB (252 words) - 18:36, 6 March 2024 |
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... 82 KB (10,618 words) - 19:17, 1 May 2024 |
over the long term, apart from changing magnetic disturbances, and the gyrocompass is accurate over the short term, even against acceleration and heeling... 3 KB (390 words) - 17:21, 30 July 2023 |
or a Radio magnetic indicator (RMI). An RMI is remotely coupled to a gyrocompass so that it automatically rotates the azimuth card to represent aircraft... 15 KB (1,696 words) - 16:01, 3 May 2024 |