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Eisboch Eisboch is offline
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Default Will gyros replace "fin" stabilizers on larger boats?


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I'm still confused about how it actually stops the mass of the boat
from moving in only one direction.



Study the little graphic they have of the gyro enclosure and how it is
mounted.

When the boat rocks, the spinning gyro imparts a force on the enclosure.
The enclosure, which is attached via telescoping arms to a beam or stinger
in the boat, is gimbaled to only move on one axis (fore and aft which is 90
degrees retarded from the boat's rocking movement (gyroscopic progression).

I think.

Eisboch