Self-Precessing Gyrocompass
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Self-Precessing Gyrocompass | |
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Type | Sensory Aid |
Tech Level | TL–9 |
Cost | Cr1,100 |
Size | 8 liters |
Weight | 3 kg |
Handheld Gyrocompass | |
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Type | Sensory Aid |
Tech Level | TL–12 |
Cost | Cr2,000 |
Size | 1 liter |
Weight | 0.5 kg |
A Self-Precessing Gyrocompass is a necessary improvement in navigational equipment for other worlds. It used both on survey vehicles and in hand-held models. The gyrocompass does not need a magnetic field to operate and sets itself automatically.
When a landing party stops on the surface of the world, the air/raft gyrocompass senses the world's rotational motion and sets itself. This process takes about half an hour, during which time the party should not move the air/raft. All personal gyrocompasses are precessed along with the main one.
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- Joe Fugate. Grand Survey (Digest Group Publications, 1986), .
- Geir Lanesskog. World Builder's Handbook (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), 26.Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas. World Builder's Handbook (Digest Group Publications, 1989), 26.