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Vertical Gyroscope
Item Details
Model Number: JG7044N
Manufactured: 1950's
Period of Use: 1950-60's
Description:
Spinning Mass Vertical Gyroscope. A two-degree of freedom attitude gyro manufactured by Honeywell, providing electrical outputs of vehicle pitch and roll angles for systems like artificial horizons and autopilots.
Spinning Mass Vertical Gyroscope. A two-degree of freedom attitude gyro manufactured by Honeywell, providing electrical outputs of vehicle pitch and roll angles for systems like artificial horizons and autopilots.
Item History:
Uses a high-inertia spinning motor stabilized vertically, mounted on two gimbals to decouple from vehicle motions, with pickoff sensors providing pitch and roll output signals.
Uses a high-inertia spinning motor stabilized vertically, mounted on two gimbals to decouple from vehicle motions, with pickoff sensors providing pitch and roll output signals.
Additional Images
Vertical Gyro external view
Location/Ownership: Honeywell International
Submission Author: Tamara Bratland, Honeywell Product Management
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