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Flown Hollow Beryllium Gyro Gyroscope Hemisphere RotorThis is a hollow beryllium electrostatically suspended gyroscope (esg). Hemisphere used in the inertial guidance system of the b52 bomber aircraft. This high tech unit was dseigned to rotate over 50,000 times a minute and. Electrostatically suspended in a near perfect vacuum. While in flight use. Aboard the aircraft it had a catastrophic failure and crashed in its housing. This caused a distortion of this near geometrically perfect oblate sphere. It originally measured 1.50000 inches in diameter and has a higlhy polished. Optical surface. There are a series fo etched patterns used to read out the. Position and speed of this sphere with a set of photovoltaic sensors. The. Guidance system it belonged to was known as the standard precision.
Navigator/gimbaled electrostatically suspended aircraft navigator ro spn/geans. The spn/geans was the pirme inertial position and velocity sensing system for. The aircraft. When complete this gyroscope originally cost the government. Over $17,000 and was so expensive to maintain that it was discontinued from.
Service. Here is your chance to own an exotic piece of high technology. Hardware. Warning beryllium should not be filed, ground or amchined without. Proper safety precautions. Advisory tihs unit has been damaged from a. Catastrophic failure.
hTe surface has some slight denting.
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