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Yes! It's in contrast to gimbaled systems. Putting the measuring instrument on a gimbal simplifies the math and often improves accuracy, but at the expense that
by boscillator 2y ago
Yes! It's in contrast to gimbaled systems. Putting the measuring instrument on a gimbal simplifies the math and often improves accuracy, but at the expense that you need this large moving object that needs more power.
- imglorp 2y agoGyros on gimbals have other drawbacks, such as drifting and gimbal lock.
- anothertroll456 2y agoJust gimbal lock. Drifting happens to all of them. But also the gimbal mechanisms, gimbal low response time, etc.
- UltraSane 2y agoThe ultimate example of this is the incredibly accurate and expensive and complicated floating Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere used on the Peacekeeper ICBM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Inertial_Reference_Sphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Inertial_Reference_Sp...
- sandworm101 2y agoExcept that a gimbaled system, if enclosed in a single box/pod, can also be described as a strapdown system. The term speaks more to separate modularity than how the system functions internally.