[Paddlewise] Gyro's

I think the basic function of gyro's, at least the one's I'm familiar with in
airplanes, is to detect a variance in pitch, roll and yaw. The gyro's
themselves do not correct the variation. They simply cause an error signal to
be transmitted to the proper control surface(s) which activate until the error
signal(s) return to zero. In other words, the gyro is a only a reference to
true vertical, horizontal and azimuth. Think about it ...., a single gyro
mounted perpendicular to the centerline of the boat would try to turn left if
the boat rolled left and vice versa. This works great on a motorcycle where a
slight lean to the left causes the front wheel to turn left. The only way it
could be adapted to a kayak is to have it control the rudder and what good
would a right (or left) rudder do for a rolling kayak? Adapting a gyro to a
kayak does not seem feasible to me as far as a roll correction device is
concerned.  


Ron



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