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A serious gizmo

LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
edited 2010-09-29 23:34 in General Discussion
What every boy has dreamed of - his very own missile gyro.

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G17270

I wonder if they would be will to ship to Taiwan?

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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2010-09-27 10:21
    And another neat item for Propellers.

    http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G17609
  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2010-09-27 13:45
    can anyone figure out how to read a frame off the camera? i want to make a qr barcore scanner
  • logan996logan996 Posts: 281
    edited 2010-09-27 14:58
    hahha thats been on there for forever! they have a lot of cool stuff to check out!
  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,190
    edited 2010-09-27 18:43
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    What every boy has dreamed of - his very own missile gyro.

    http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G17270

    I wonder if they would be will to ship to Taiwan?

    Hello!
    I dunno LB. However its certainly easier to use then the two gyros I have here from a different firm.

    Those were purely electromechanical and definitely required AC at 400hz for power. I even managed to get some sort of response from Honeywell regarding the two not too long ago. Wasn't quite what I expected, they did confirm the age of the two, and so forth but that was all.

    That one, if I understand the page correctly was originally designed sometime within the past twenty years, and the circuit they describe for driving it, was also based within the time period.

    I would love to obtain the thing, and see how any of the devices I have living here, would respond to it. If I do buy it, I shall certainly post an appropriate explanation regarding the thing.:jumpin:

    Now the oddball question, how'd you find out about it?
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2010-09-28 01:10
    I am very interested in both the camera and the gyro. But the camera is much cheaper and easier to ship to Taiwan. I fear the US Govt will jump in with military gyros being shipped to Taiwan. Stuff like this is sold as salvage to be scraped, not for export.

    I did download the schematic, but am wondering if 400Hz AC is required AND if that is the whole purpose of the schematic. Either way, documentation is a bit terse. It appears that the schematic drives the gyros and it is up to you to figure out the other wires.
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  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,190
    edited 2010-09-28 14:07
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    I am very interested in both the camera and the gyro. But the camera is much cheaper and easier to ship to Taiwan. I fear the US Govt will jump in with military gyros being shipped to Taiwan. Stuff like this is sold as salvage to be scraped, not for export.

    I did download the schematic, but am wondering if 400Hz AC is required AND if that is the whole purpose of the schematic. Either way, documentation is a bit terse. It appears that the schematic drives the gyros and it is up to you to figure out the other wires.

    Hello!
    Probably. I just ran its model number through Google. It doesn't like that one. Only 42 entries, and the last one isn't even supposed to be there.

    I think the others are the output lines.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2010-09-29 23:34
    Wow, we had gyro's like that to play with at Marconi Radar in 1980. They were used in SeaWolf missiles. I haven't even seen a picture of such a thing since.
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