How a gyroscope guides a rocket
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In this video we examine the peculiar properties of a toy gyroscope and show how they were harnessed to stabilise and guide the WWII German V2 rocket and the USA's giant Saturn V that took humans to the Moon. 00:00 Introduction 00:17 firework rocket launch 00:45 Active principle 01:14 The hovering V2 rocket 02:07 Brains of the rocket? 02:20 V2 Gyroscope guidance 03:14 Carbon jet vanes 03:31 Looking at V2 Gyros 04:56 Toy Gyroscope 07:52 Build a rocket gyro 08:58 The demonstration 09:51 Gimbal-lock 10:17 Measurement 11:45 Go electric 12:24 Gyro relics 12:38 Gyro air rotor 13:07 Artificial horizon rotor 13:18 Balancing of rotor 13:39 PIGA gyro rotor 13:50 S-75 Dvina gyro 14:29 Summary 14:40 More like this? Presented by Robert J Dalby. For more information on the technology and history of the A4-V2 missile visit our website at: http://www.v2rockethistory.com. Produced by DB Video Services for Astronomy and Nature TV
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