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Old 11-30-2010 | 07:41 PM
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Default RE: Gyro as ABS ?

Perhaps the idea is this: when a gyro on a surface sees a stick command, it arranges the throw of the surface to provide a constant acceleration. with the stick at zero, holding zero acceleration is a special case.

So I guess the idea here is to put the gyro in the plane as if controlling the pitch axis, then at zero brake input, it applies no brakes, when the "stick" (in this case the brake level/knob) is deflected, the gyro feedback loop applies the brakes till a constant acceleration proportional to the stick input is generated. This would not technically be "ABS" but it would, if I understand this right, provide a measured deceleration controlled by the gyro feedback loop.

maybe???

Dave