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With a rumble and a whistle, tearing the air, a jet passenger plane rushes in the transcendental height. You and I were on board this swift airship today. We are not quite ordinary passengers, they will even let us into the pilot's cabin. Let's use this right!

We pass the radio operator along the corridor. Ahead, in a glazed cockpit, sit in comfortable chairs the commander of the ship and the co-pilot. But what is it? They peacefully talk to each other and at the same time do not hold hands on the control levers at all!

Our soul involuntarily goes to the heels. Now, now, an uncontrolled car will go into a tailspin, crash into the ground, shatter to pieces!

However, so far everything is going well. The levers move slightly, sway, as if someone's invisible hand is on them. And this hand must be very skillful and confident. After all, the plane goes quietly and smoothly, as if on a thread. Who is leading it?

It turns out that the pilots have an assistant. Only this is not a man, but ... a spinning top! Certainly not a simple top. It is built into a whole complex machine called an automatic pilot, or autopilot. But the main part, the heart of the autopilot, - it's still a wolf. Rather, gyroscope, similar to the purchased one, experiments with which we have just done. Only this gyroscope is not launched with a cord. It is constantly rotated by a special electric motor. And as soon as the plane deviates from the set course, the gyroscope, which maintains the same direction of the axis, turns on the aircraft rudders.

The most experienced pilot will not be able to drive a car as accurately, as smoothly as an autopilot controlled by a spinning top!

Author: Galpershtein L.Ya.

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