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Re: Gyroscopes That Don't Spin Make It Easy to Hover
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Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:38:25 GMT
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Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <XENON@3stopspamDNATURE.COM>
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Cautions:
The guys at Armadillo Aerospace (www.armadilloaerospace.com) tried
using these devices in early flying vehicles of theirs.
They reported two problems:
10Hz sampling rate is too low to stabilize a fast-response flight
control system.
Very shock/vibration sensitive. Vehicle control system motions were
apparently sufficient to disrupt sensor reading.
Chris - Xenon
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