Seakeeper 8000 GYRO, Руководство по эксплуатации

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OPERATION
MANUAL
Product: Document #: Rev: Page:
MODEL 8000 GYRO 90141 3 2 of 11
Section 1: SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Seakeeper’s web site at www.seakeeper.com . The Seakeeper web site also contains videos of gyro
operation and videos of several different boats operating in waves with the Model 7000 Gyro on and off.
It is recommended that the reader play these videos prior to reading the remainder of this manual.
The gyro’s gimbal angle and the gyro’s rate of rotation about the gimbal axis (termed precession rate)
play an important role in its operation. These parameters are illustrated in Figure 2. At zero degree
gimbal angle, the gyro is vertical; it can precess a maximum of +/ ‐ 60 degrees about this position. The
amount of torque that the gyro exerts on a boat’s hull to counter the wave induced roll is directly
proportional to the precession rate. The further the gyro is from vertical (zero degrees) the lower the
anti ‐ roll torque. The vertical arrows in Figure 2 illustrate the direction of the forces that the gyro exerts
on the boat’s hull to damp roll motion.
FIGURE 2 – GYRO PRECESSION