7/20/2023 0 Comments What does a gyroscope measure![]() ![]() ![]() The spinning of the rotor means that any change in orientation affects all points on the rotor equally, causing the rotor to spin on a fixed axis. ![]() ![]() In the diagram above we can see that the tilt has not changed the direction of the rotor and has been compensated by the gimbal. Precession (no, we haven’t misspelt ‘precision’ - that’s a different thing, though etymologically speaking, it may just have it’s origin in Precession!) is the action in a gyroscope that keeps the spin axis oriented even after external forces are applied to disorient the spin axis so when a deforming force is applied to the spin axis, instead of rotating the axis itself, it rotates the structure surrounding the metallic disc. The gyroscope in it’s simplest form is a rotor on a spin axis, enclosed in a frame to minimize external torques called gimbal and the external gyroscopic frame. ![]()
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