Keywords: AB5-K8mod.jpg Cutaway drawing of the AB5-K8 gyro The ST-124 carried three of these gyros Note the three mutually orthogonal axes that characterize the gyro's performance spin 10 input 14 and output 6 The gyro is only sensitive to rotations around the input axis and responds by precessing around the output axis In the figure the gyro has experienced some input rotation about axis 14 so the rotor has precessed through the angle 11 to point along direction 12 The angle 11 is proportional to the magnitude of the input rotation about 14 Astrionics System Handbook for Saturn Launch Vehicles MSFC No IV-4-401-1 IBM No 68-966-0002 1 November 1968 Figure 14 8-1 PD-USGov original upload log page en wikipedia AB5-K8mod jpg 2007-06-15 22 37 EdgarDurbin 720×886×8 226146 bytes <nowiki>Cutaway drawing of the AB5-K8 gyro The ST-124 carried three of these gyros Note the the three mutuall y orthogonal axes that characterize the gyro s performance spin 10 input 14 and output 6 The gyro is only sensitive to rotations around the </nowiki> Apollo missions 3D cross sections Cutaway diagrams |