Ray,
Respectfully, that is the reason gyros ought to be shipped in special
packaging, to prevent damage in transit.
I work with gyro product of another ilk, and we consider the packaging part
of the quality control process and mark it so it wont get discarded before
the units go in the vehicle. And we got shockmounts inside too, something
the GA gyros lack.

Javier


"Ray Andraka" wrote in message
...
In defense of Century, the gyro may well have been in spec when it left
the factory. Shock during transit or sitting too long on the shelf can
put
flat spots in the bearings that will cause precession. All it takes is
someone
dropping the shipping carton, or even sitting on the avionics shop shelf
(or
in
your airplane) without spinning for more than a month or two.

Scott Moore wrote:

Besides, their
quality control is obviously suspect, since they let the unit go with
out of tolerance precession in the first place.

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