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Liquid compass - aircraft
Bowl-Diameter 5.3" (13.5cm) sealed white metal unit mounted in aluminium gimbals in an aluminium outer casing diameter 7.72 (19.5cm). From ACO catalogue: the two flat needles are double-pivoted and swing between two flat copper plates so that eddy-current damping is obtained. The top pivot carries an air valve which controlled a gyroscope, the gyroscope actually steering the flying bomb.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO0602 |
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| Type: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1945 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 205 mm; Diameter: 215 mm |
| Parts: | Liquid compass - aircraft |
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