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The Relation between Zero Errors and Bandwidths for Different Types of Rate-of-Turn Meters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

H. Sutcliffe
H. Sutcliffe*
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University of Bristol
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Summary

In a conventional rate-of-turn measuring gyroscope the necessity to use a displacement transducer results in an appreciable zero error when a rapid response is required. Other types of instrument, employing alternating forces and force transducers, are also shown to have a relation between error and response time. An assessment is made of these relations and conclusions are reached concerning the relative merits of the different types. The results are given in terms of the estimated rate errors as functions of bandwidth.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1958 , pp. 131 - 146
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1958

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