摘要 |
A gyroscopically-oriented survey tool, includes a housing having an axis. Three accelerometers are mounted in the housing with their axes set orthogonally. A first of the axes is aligned to the axis of the housing. A second of the axes is perpendicular to the first. A third of the axes is perpendicular to both of the first and the second. Three gyroscopes are mounted pseudo-orthogonally in the housing with their axes set at relative angles of other than 90 degrees. None of the axes of the gyroscopes are mounted parallel to the axes of the accelerometers. This configuration permits data from the accelerometers to be used to check the quality of data from the gyroscopes.
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