Mark 14 gyroscopic lead-computing gunsight

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Mark 14 gyroscopic lead-computing gunsight

military technology

Also known as: Mark 14

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Charles Stark Draper
…students designed and built the Mark 14 gyroscopic lead-computing gunsight. Based on a radical new spring mechanism, the gunsight calculated an aircraft’s future position, taking into account gravity, wind, and distance. Overcoming the problems posed by the production of the sight demanded that Sperry hire Draper’s students to oversee the…
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…students designed and built the Mark 14 gyroscopic lead-computing gunsight. Based on a radical new spring mechanism, the gunsight calculated an aircraft’s future position, taking into account gravity, wind, and distance. Overcoming the problems posed by the production of the sight demanded that Sperry hire Draper’s students to oversee the…
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