The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 267
o, and no matter how the torpedoturns to right or left the spinning gyroscope by its inherentdirective force will cause the torpedo to turn back to itsoriginal direction. In torpedoes using the Obry gear,vertical rudders are fitted for steering right and left, as inthe case of the rudder of a ship… … Fig. 4 the course, and if the torpedo swerves to either side, theresistance of the spinning gyroscope moves the rudders andsteers it back. If we wish to run the torpedo for a shortdistance and then cause it to turn, as in Fig. 3, the gyro-scope is turned into the plane of the final course that…
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