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Old 06-14-2008, 08:54 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by wdrzal
State of the art in gyroscopes are "Ring laser " and a little older "Fiber optic" they use a interferometer and have No moving parts.

here a wiki link to get you started,you can google if interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_laser_gyroscope


I think the original poster was asking about Gyro stabilization to improve comfort on the boat not so much to see if he was steering a straight course
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