In this study, the disturbance torque that maintains the gimbal at a specific angle during the centrifugal acceleration test was analyzed. Newton"s Second Law for Rotation was applied, to calculate the disturbance torque. A Theoretic solution for calculating the disturbance torque was derived, by separating the horizontal/vertical components of the moment of inertia. The Theoretic solution was verified, by numerical analysis (RecurDyn) of the simplified Gimbal model. To include the effect of acceleration, the distance between the central axis of the gimbal and the accelerated test equipment was applied as 0 and L (non-Zero). As a result of the analysis, it was found that the main disturbance torque is not related to acceleration, but to self-centrifugal force caused by rotation. A centrifugal acceleration test was conducted, to verify the operational performance of gimbal. The disturbance torque was calculated, by measuring the torque used to operate the gimbal"s motor. The result was compared with the disturbance torque, calculated by the Theoretic solution of the gimbal. The error between the result of test and Theoretic solution of torque was less than 4.5%.
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