Dom,
Not a simple question, but the simple answer is “probably
not.” In general, Directional Gyros are just that…free running
gyroscopes that maintain their relative position in space while the aircraft
moves around them. Some more sophisticated units use magnetic heading, star
tracker and other inputs to stabilize them over long periods of time, and the
best DG’s use various filtering systems to combine several of these to
provide a heading output. These things almost have to be specifically engineered
to work together; “plug and play” won’t work here…in my
opinion.
If you have some specific objective in mind and want to write to
me off-line, I’d be pleased to comment further.
Bob Pastusek
rpastusek@htii.com