At 03:19 PM 4/12/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:29 AM 4/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>What general type of motion are you trying to sense?  If it is not a
>
>Quick and jerky or audio-level and down vibrations, typically.  Rotational
>motion mostly, not linear, although there will be linear components I'm sure.

Linear components wont affect an image, just rotational, I think.

>>My understanding is the heli sensors are basically a weight on the end
>>of a piezo material used as a strain gague.  They are not good at low
>>level changes.

No, their vibrating prisms or tuning forks, that behave much like spinning
gyroscopes.

>
>That varies greatly from mfg to mfg, and is why heli pilots will find
>different companies' that are better than the competition.

Also has to do with signal conditioning/trasfer function past the sensor.

>Camera mount stabilizer with other applications.

I wonder what the new camcorders use? If you rev. eng. one let us know!