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Re: Gyroscopic Steering?

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Originally Posted by purduephotog View Post

-For those that are asking or mention mems gyros, I'm talking about gyroscopic precession. I want the gyro to *turn* the robot- not to measure the turn. That means huge, massive spinning disks...
Thanks! That makes so much more sense. Not being a participant in the game I guess I'm not as hard-core focused on improving driving power. I can see how huge gyro's could be useful with the low friction game. You guys are awfully smart.