During the initial phases of my private pilot training, something I struggled with was overusing the flight instruments. Rather than use external references like the horizon and a visual point for ...

Piston-powered aircraft are critically vulnerable to primary gyro instrument failure, a risk that has led to fatal accidents even for experienced pilots in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC).

Chinese researchers say they have developed a “groundbreaking” fibre-optic gyroscope that is stable across a large temperature range and can be used for navigation. According to the team from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of Chinese scientists has reportedly developed a new fibre-optic gyroscope that is stable across a wide range of ...

Optical gyroscopes exploit the Sagnac effect to detect rotation through interference between counter-propagating light waves. Unlike microelectromechanical alternatives, optical variants offer higher ...