Low Cost Gyrocompass.

Abstract

This report summarizes study and analysis efforts that were directed towards using gyrotechnology to define true north to an accuracy of 2 milliradians in two minutes' time in the presence of vibration environments encountered on launch vehicles. It concludes that a device could be fabricated to meet stated requirements by using a design approach that avoids the dynamics problems inherent in all pendulous suspensions for the gyro.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148295

Entities

People

  • J. F. Kishel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Bearings
  • Displacement
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Errors
  • Fabrication
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Kalman Filters
  • Latitude
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Pendulums
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design