EEVblog #854 - B52 Bomber Automatic Astro Compass Teardown

8 years ago

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What's inside a Kollsman Instrument Corporation MD-1 Automatic Astro Compass mechanical analog computer from a B52 Bomber?
Part of the star tracker inertial navigation system that calculates the altitude and azimuth.
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