A short video survey of an antique Paul Garnier attitude indicator. A brief description of this "spinning top" type attitude indicator can be found in NACA Report No. 128, Titled, Direction Instruments, part 1 covers Inclinometers and Banking Instruments. This document has an excellent treatise on the behavior of a spinning top type instrument in an airplane.
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MariDelC10 4 months ago
Two degrees, pitch and roll, yaw would require a gyro with its rotational axis perpendicular to the one in the video
cyclefiend1123 10 months ago
Good explanation. Great!
heberzunarelli 11 months ago
hey i think it's pretty cool too :D Do you know of any other videos where they show how the instruments in the plane work?? Can't really find any as good as this one :P Also would this gyro have 3 degrees of freedom or two?? I'm confused as to when it's one degree two or three.
Thanks for the upload :)
cristofolon 1 year ago