Word: gimbal
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Sperry gyropilot is named for famed Inventor Elmer Ambrose Sperry who was the first man to bridle the principles inherent in the gyroscope. The gyroscope is a carefully balanced flywheel and gimbal assembly so mounted that when at rest it is free to turn in any direction. When spinning it has a quality known as "rigidity in space" or gyroscopic inertia. Turn or move the gyroscope mounting and the flywheel will continue to rotate in the same plane. This stability provides a known factor which can be used to determine or counteract all sorts of variables. Sperry Gyroscope...