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| The principle that a wheel with a heavily weighted rim spun at high speeds tends to remain fixed in the plane in which it is spinning. |
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| What are the three gyroscopic instruments? |
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| The attitude indicator, heading indicator, and turn coordinator. |
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| When an outside force tries to tilt a spinning gyro, the gyro responds as if the force had been applied at a point 90 degrees further around in the direction of rotation. |
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| When the gimbals of older indicators hit their limits, the gyros precess rapidly, or tumble from their plane of rotation. |
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| Basic formula for determining the required bank for a standard rate turn. |
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| Angle of bank= [True airspeed in knots / 10] + 5 |
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| The part of the turn coordinator that contains the fluid and ball. |
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| When the rate of turn is too slow for the angle of bank. |
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| When the rate of turn is too great for the angle of bank. |
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| The angular difference between true and magnetic north. |
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| Errors due to magnetic interference with metal components in the aircraft, as well as magnetic fields from aircraft electrical equipment. |
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| Magnetic dip exists because the magnet in the compass tries to point three dimensionally toward the earth's magnetic north pole, which is at a point deep inside the earth. Magnetic dip is responsible for errors during turns and acceleration. |
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