Avionics Archives | OFS https://www.ofsoptics.com/category/avionics/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:09:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.ofsoptics.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_icon.jpg Avionics Archives | OFS https://www.ofsoptics.com/category/avionics/ 32 32 New Fiber Optic Gyroscope: More Precise, Smaller than a Grain of Rice https://www.ofsoptics.com/new-fiber-optic-gyroscope-smaller-than-a-grain-of-rice/ https://www.ofsoptics.com/new-fiber-optic-gyroscope-smaller-than-a-grain-of-rice/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:23:30 +0000 https://ofsnorcross.wpengine.com/?p=40748 Engineers at the California Institute of Technology have created the world’s smallest fiber optic gyroscope to aid in navigational sensing.  Five hundred times smaller than a regular gyroscope, this new gyro can fit on a grain of rice. This research breakthrough could lead to more accurate fiber optic gyros compared to mechanical units. WHAT OPTICAL […]

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]]> https://www.ofsoptics.com/new-fiber-optic-gyroscope-smaller-than-a-grain-of-rice/feed/ 0 Bandwidth of Avionics Cables – OM3 vs OM4 https://www.ofsoptics.com/bandwidth-of-avionics-cables-om3-vs-om4/ https://www.ofsoptics.com/bandwidth-of-avionics-cables-om3-vs-om4/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:53:59 +0000 http://ofsoptics.thomaswebs.net/blog/?p=4 FlightLink™ Avionics Cables OFS FlightLink™ OM3 Cable designed for commercial aircraft, is a perfect example of the application specific solutions that OFS manufactures. All fiber is manufactured at OFS and our broad portfolio of specialty materials for buffers, strength members and jackets allow us to tailor products to meet or exceed the requirements of a given […]

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