VIBRATION CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT VIBRATION

A vibration control assembly for an aircraft including a housing operatively coupled to the aircraft. Also included is a cage disposed within an interior region of the housing, the cage rotatable within the housing about a first axis. Further included is a gyroscope wheel disposed within the cage an...

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Hauptverfasser: WELSH, William A, GMIRYA, Yuriy
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A vibration control assembly for an aircraft including a housing operatively coupled to the aircraft. Also included is a cage disposed within an interior region of the housing, the cage rotatable within the housing about a first axis. Further included is a gyroscope wheel disposed within the cage and rotatable about a second axis other than the first axis, wherein a controllable moment is imposed on the aircraft upon rotation of the gyroscope wheel to counter vibratory moments produced by the vehicle.