Full text: Proceedings of the Congress (Part 1)

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reference line, so that with an ordinary microscope the displacements of less 
than 1 minute can be easily read. 
The continuous recording evidently allows a complete examination of the 
working of the oscillations, as well as the research and the measure of the 
maximum displacements. Instead, by tracing reference ordinates at set intervals, 
it is possible to measure the displacements at set instances and thereby obtain 
data for statistical considerations. 
The tests can be summed up in the following groups: 
1. Stabilization test: for the purpose of determining the working of the oscilla 
tions and the time employed by the gyroscope to assume the mean orienta 
tion. 
2. Recording without stress, to examine, independently from any other external 
action, the behaviour of the erector and the mean oscillations. 
3. Acceleration test: by submitting the whole unit to undergo accelerations of 
the order of (both as to value as well as to time) those corresponding to 
normal banking, the behaviour of the gyroscope is examined immediately 
after the acceleration has ceased so as to ascertain the entity of the displace 
ments and the time needed to return. The tests are made for the accelerations 
both longitudinal as well as lateral, in respect to the primary axle. 
4. Vibration test; the instrument is submitted, during the recording, to undergo 
vibrations of the same period and amplitude as those of the airplane; the 
test is made with different kinds of shock-absorbers. 
5. By varying the feeding voltage of the generator, the frequency of the alter 
nating current varies and therefore the velocity of the rotor also varies. The 
tests made are used to establish the allowed tolerance of the above mentioned 
voltage. 
6. Lastly, the temperature variation tests are made, especially at low temper 
atures such as can be found inside the camera during flights, regardless of 
the heating devices. 
All the results obtained are discussed for the purpose of establishing the 
criteria of their trustworthiness in relation to the experimental conditions, and 
also to construct, as much as possible, a basis of comparison with the results 
obtained from the tests made while in flight. 
G. Parenti: Experiences de l’enregistrement gyroscopique du point nadiral 
d’après la méthode »Nistri». 
En se référant au système gyroscopique Nistri pour l’enregistrement du point nadiral, l’auteur 
expose les résultats d’une série d’expériences systématiques de laboratoire effectuées sur un 
équipement gyroscopique, en vue d’en étudier le comportement dans des conditions diverses et de 
faire ressortir l’influence, sur la précision des indications, de la variation de certaines des susdites 
conditions. 
L’appareil employé permet un enregistrement continu de la trace lumineuse donnée par l’équipe 
ment gyroscopique, sur une distance calculée de façon à fournir une approximation de lecture à une 
minute près. Le système traceur permet d’enregistrer pendant trois heures sur un même papier 
sensible, ce que lui a permis des essais prolongés sans avoir besoin de toucher l’appareil et, partant, 
sans crainte de fausser ses conditions d’assiette et de rectification. 
Les expériences qui ont été faites se résument dans les groupes principaux suivants: 
1. Enregistrement des oscillations d’assiette et du temps de stabilisation. 
2. Essais d’enregistrement avec appareil immobilisé et examen de la marche des indications. 
3. Essais d’accélération longitudinale (le long de l’axe primaire). 
4. Essais d’accélération transversale (le long de l’axe secondaire). 
5. Essais de vibration longitudinale et transversale. 
6. Essais de variation de la tension d’alimentation. 
7. Essais de variation de la température. 
L’auteur résume l’ensemble des résultats obtenus et termine avec un examen de leur crédibilité.
	        
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