Several low-cost gyro-stabilized, bang-bang seeker assemblies for missile guidance and tracking applications have used similar physical structures. A magnetic dipole is an integral part of the gyro rotor assembly. The nominal spin axis of the gyro is colinear with the axis of a cylinder about which is wound a helix of wire. By properly modulating the current that is passed through that helix, the precession torque acting upon the gyroscope is controlled. One rather generalized model of such a seeker assembly is modeled, the equations of motion are derived, and the dominant error sources are identified and parametrically evaluated. Because this is such a commonly encountered structure, yet no such analysis has been published, to the author's knowledge, it is hoped that this is a useful contribution to the literature.


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    Title :

    Dynamics of a Solenoidal-Torqued Gyro-Stabilized Seeker Assembly for Guidance and Tracking


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    Publication date :

    1974-01-01


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    1756031 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English