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Old 5th Nov 2010, 11:44
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An inertial navigation gyro from the '70s, some 100g or so of metal , 5cm disk diameter and rotating at maybe 16000 RPM, will sometimes go right through a brick wall if it fails.
Ridiculous statement. Of course it wouldn't.
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