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Why does the HI gyro spin around a horizontal axis while the AI gyro spins around the vertical axis when they both rely on rigidity?
Asked by: Chris Modiano 6484 views Aircraft Systems, Flight Instructor, Instrument Rating
I think I laid it all out nicely in the title there... I was just wondering why the gyros were oriented differently in the heading indicator and the attitude indicator, when they're both based on the same rigidity principal, and are not measuring specific precessive forces.
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