Accession Number:
AD0750890
Title:
A Long-Term Gyrocompass Test.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Nov 71-Jun 72,
Corporate Author:
NORTHROP CORP NORWOOD MA PRECISION PRODUCTS DIV
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Report Date:
1972-07-15
Pagination or Media Count:
26.0
Abstract:
The work was undertaken as a joint effort between Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories and Northrop to investigate certain gyrocompass performance characteristics. It has been realized that a rate sensing gyrocompass is sensitive to environmental influences and that these influences can affect the accuracy of the measurement in very subtle ways. Specifically the paper addresses gyrocompass resolution long-term accuracy, statistical attributes of the gyro, and the gyro as a geophysical tool. Author
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- Navigation and Guidance