RYPA

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The RYPA (Roll, Yaw, Pitch, Alteration of Course Instructional Platform) was a British instruction and practice platform that could support Rangefinder and various Gunnery Director equipment. Similar to a cockpit simulator, it could rotate the equipment placed on it about various rotational axes to simulate the motion of a ship under way.[1]

Mark I Model

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Mark II Model

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Manual of Gunnery (Volume III) for His Majesty's Fleet, 1920. pp. 59-61, Plates 91, 92.
  2. Manual of Gunnery (Volume III) for His Majesty's Fleet, 1920. pp. 59-61, Plates 91, 92.
  3. Manual of Gunnery (Volume III) for His Majesty's Fleet, 1920. pp. 61-62, Plates 93, 94.