Sentence examples for attitude control devices from inspiring English sources

The analytical analysis of the advantages of the proposed mechanism over the existing inertial attitude control devices are introduced.

Internal actuators, such as moving mass actuators and reaction wheels, have been proposed as attitude control devices for autonomous underwater vehicles.

When the spacecraft touched down on asteroid Itokawa in November 2005, there were questions about whether it could get back home because of attitude control device failures and fuel leaks.

To precisely control and stabilize ExoPlanetSat, Draper and MIT researchers built custom avionics and off-the-shelf reaction wheels, a type of mechanical device used for attitude control, at the base of the spacecraft to maneuver it into position.

The particular memory device used in the attitude control system of the Tracking and Data Relay System (TDRS-1) lends itself to the study of this phenomena due to its high susceptibility to such upsets.

Electrochromic devices have been used for the attitude control of a spinning solar sail in a deep space mission by modulating the reflectivity of the sail membrane.

With respect to spacecraft attitude control, reaction spheres are promising alternatives to conventional momentum exchange devices for the benefits brought by their 4π rotation.

Control moment gyros (CMGs) are a widely used device for generating control torques for spacecraft attitude control without expending propellant.

Synchronous vibration can be caused by rotor imbalance in high-speed rotors of momentum exchange devices, and the imbalance vibration is the main disturbance for attitude control of spacecrafts.

Larger and heavier devices called momentum wheels (or reaction wheels) also are used in the attitude control systems of some satellites.

He used a small bungee cord exercise device for "a little bit of stretching", before dropping into manual attitude control, where he reported a sudden burst of oversteering and high fuel use.