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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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