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| This gyroscope is designed so that the flywheel and axle are free to point in any direction. Gyroscopes are useful in navigation because they are “rigid in space;” a spinning gyroscope mounted within a vehicle always points in the same direction. Thus a gyroscope provides a means to determine a vehicle’s orientation, without relying on visual cues that may not always be available (in fog or at night, for example). | ||||||
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