North Seeking Gyrocompass.

Abstract

This report describes the North Seeking Gyrocompass delivered for evaluation on the M113 armored vehicle. The system consists of a North Finding Module attached to a vehicle mounted gimbal set and a separate Control Panel/Battery Charger. The gyrocompass supplies azimuth to an accuracy of 2 mils RMS approximately 2 minutes after turn-on. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA100036

Entities

Organizations

  • Sperry Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Accuracy
  • Battery Chargers
  • Control Panels
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Tests
  • Grids
  • Night Sights
  • Performance Tests
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Fixtures
  • Test Sets
  • Test Stands

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.