ARU-11/A Attitude Indicator - Part 1: Tear Down and Release of Magic Smoke

The ARU-11/A is the next best thing to the Apollo "8-Ball" attitude indicator. We tear one down to understand it, then hook it up, and it promptly releases the magic smoke. Master Ken's in-depth article about his reverse engineering of the ARU-11/A: https://www.righto.com/2024/09/f4-att... Stuff that supports the channel: Support us on Patreon:   / curiousmarc   Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab: https://www.curiousmarc.com/amazon-links Channel merch on Fourthwall: https://curiousmarc-shop.fourthwall.com Legacy channel merch on Teespring (I don't have everything transferred to Fourthwall yet): https://teespring.com/stores/curiousm... "Elevator Music" Credit: Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod Our lovely sponsors PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, https://www.pcbway.com Electro-Rent: https://www.electrorent.com Keysight: test instruments: https://www.keysight.com Samtec: connectors: https://www.samtec.com R&D Microwaves: https://rdmicrowaves.com Get more technical info on the companion site: https://www.curiousmarc.com Contact info: https://www.youtube.com/curiousmarc/a... 00:00 Apollo FDAI and ARU-11 02:25 Teardown 11:02 Reverse engineering 12:30 Hookup and release of magic smoke 15:08 The slip ring had previous catastrophic damage 20:21 Three axis servomotor tests 24:09 Future work

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