gyrocompass

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• Unlike a conventional gyrocompass that typically must operate for an hour or more before it can provide useful information, the GPS compass is usually ready for use in less than five minutes.
• The gyrocompass was invented by a young German art historian.
• At 10:26 P.M. Sunday night, the gyrocompass broke again. The Attack on the Liberty
• The gyrocompass will continue to orient on that star making a full revolution once with each complete rotation of the planet, the Doctor explained. Drabble Smut
• A normal gyrocompass finds true north, not magnetic north, by using a very quickly rotating wheel and friction forces in order to use the turn of the Earth in its orienting process. Drabble Smut
• Then take the gyrocompass and attach it to the dimensional cannon and allow it to program the device. Drabble Smut
• Also installed was a gyrocompass system complete with master compass, steering and bearing repeaters and gyropilot for steering sounding lines.
• A motor inside the gyrocompass keeps the gyroscope spinning, so the gyrocompass will continue pointing toward north and will adjust itself swiftly and accurately even if the boat is in rough seas or the plane hits turbulence.
• Both the radar and gyrocompass were fried and the officers distrusted the magnetic compass. The Attack on the Liberty
• From the gyrocompass, Sperry developed the gyropilot for steering ships and the automatic gyropilot for stabilizing airplanes.