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i think you also need to restrict vertical movement of the pendulum's fulcrum
(and therefore vertical translation of the pendulum), which is not practical in an airplane that can move in 3 dimensions. Regardless, just in keeping the pendulum swinging, you probably have as much complexity as a gyro. Michael wrote: "Gary L. Drescher" wrote Two differences. First, the ball is not given a shove to keep it oscillating back and forth even when the plane is going straight (any such oscillation damps out almost instantly). Second, the ball is constrained to move in only one plane. The idea of the pendulum is to start it swinging side to side (say, east-west if you're heading north) but let it move freely; then, if the plane yaws, the pendulum is still swinging east-west, so the yaw is detectable. At least in principle. OK, now I get it. You're using the principle that the plane of oscillation in a pendulum is rigid in space, just like the plane of rotation of a gyroscope. Sure, that makes a lot of sense. Should work just like a gyro. Only issue is how you're going to keep it swinging. You would need a drive system and an escapement. Michael -- --Ray Andraka, P.E. President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc. 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950 http://www.andraka.com "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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