Ferns Edit. In most ferns, gametophyte is a photosynthetic free living organism called a prothallus. For example, in the leptosporangiate fern Dryopteris, the gametophyte is a free-living, autotrophic prothallus that produces gametes and maintains the sporophyte during its early multicellular development.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a gyro stabilized center tracking vehicle, of reduced complexity in which the gyro Spin axis is maintained in its normal position by forces reacting against the earth, and in which these forces are minimized by torquing the gyro frame about its pivot axis.nother object of the invention is to provide a gyro stabilized center-tracking trail vehicle in which a gravity sensitive mass applies a torque to the gyro frame in a direction to erect the vehicle upon tilt from a vertical or plumb line attitude.
How Gyroscopes Work. Gyroscopes can be very perplexing objects because they move in peculiar ways and even seem to defy gravity. These special properties make Â­gyroscopes extremely important in everything from your bicycle to the advanced navigation system on the space shuttle. A typical airplane uses about a dozen gyroscopes in everything from its compass to its autopilot. The Russian Mir space station used 11 gyroscopes to keep its orientation to the sun, and the Hubble Space Telescope has a batch of navigational gyros as well.