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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Bicycle Lean Angle Sensor
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wolfe@bnr.co.uk (Ian Woollard) writes:
>The use of gyros to determine the horizontal is known as an
>'artificial horizon' and aeroplanes do tend to use them rather a
>lot... I believe that they are self correcting, and don't wander at
>all.

      Actually, if you circle for a long time, even an aircraft artificial
horizon can get screwed up.

      I recommend the book "Modern Inertial Technology" if you need to get
into this stuff.

					John Nagle
