Category: Gyro Gunsights

Gyroscope applications in gunnery during and after World War 2, with simulations to highlight design challenges.

Gyroscope History: Lead Computing Gunsights

Gyroscope History: Lead Computing Gunsights

In this post we’ll dissect and simulate basic concepts embodied in early gyro instrumentation applications in combat gun sights. We’ll build a deeper understanding of gyro mechanics through this application of their first principle: output torque resulting from precession. We’ll learn some interesting history too. The basic problem to solve is this: when we fire …

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