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PILOTING GYRO [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

[The Tupolev TU-95] had the richest navigation equipment. It consisted of: long range radio navigation and instrument landing system, radio-compass, astrocompass, magnetic compass, flight gyroscope, large number of flight and navigation instruments, connected with bomb-sight autopilot and RPB-4 "Rubidiy MM" bomb radiosight.

OBS

piloting: The part of navigation concerned with directing the movement or determining the position of a ship or airplane by reference to landmarks, aids to navigation, or soundings.

OBS

Compare with "navigation gyro."

Key term(s)
  • flight gyro
  • piloting gyro

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

L'approximation gyroscopique consiste [...] à admettre, pour le rotor du gyroscope, la condition : [formule xxx]. Dans les gyroscopes de pilotage et de navigation en fonctionnement normal, cette condition est généralement vérifiée.

OBS

pilotage : Action de piloter. [...] Piloter : Guider, conduire en tant que pilote : piloter un navire, un avion.

OBS

Voir «gyroscope de navigation».

Spanish

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