Who invented gyroscope?
How does a fiber optic gyroscope work?
Gyroscopic Principles As stated in Newton’s First Law, “a body in motion tends to move in a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by an external force”. The spinning rotor inside a gyroscopic instrument maintains a constant attitude in space so long as no external forces act to change its motion.
The most common instruments containing gyroscopes are the turn coordinator, heading indicator, and the attitude indicator. To understand how these instruments operate requires knowledge of the instrument power systems, gyroscopic principles, and the operating principles of each instrument.
The basic principle of operation is that a single RLG can measure any rotation about its sensitive axis. This implies that the orientation in inertial space will be known at all times. The elements that measure actual accelerations can therefore be resolved into the appropriate directions.
How does a laser gyroscope work?
Léon Foucault
Gyroscope/Inventors
This mechanism was invented in 1852 by physicist Léon Foucault during his studies of the Earth’s rotation. If a gyroscope is installed on gimbals that allow the mass to navigate freely in the three directions of space, its spinning axis will remain oriented in the same direction, even if it changes direction.
